My Dels interacted more with us when they were young - we handled them a lot, and they perched on us and followed us around. We never fed them out of our hands after they were 5 or 6 weeks old. As they got older they got more independent. One roo had to be held down every couple days to keep him in line, and he tried to kill a BO hen (what was up with that??), so he went into the pot. The other roo wasn't as aggressive, but you couldn't trust him around children, and one of the hens would try to peck you to see if you had food (not attacking you though). The dominant hen can be pretty rough with the other chickens. They're great foragers, and unfortunately will stray pretty far if left to themselves. Just my experience.