Do you persist with handling the young chicks that don't like it? **SUCCESS** :)

[loupan]

whoot! congratulations!

ooooh yay thats awesome so whats the trick advise please im getting my cuppa as we speak to spend some time with these newbies if my others will allow it ha ha ha the big girls get pretty protective of me cute but a pain sometimes !

 

[Nonny]

I just sat in the run with a cuppa and a book and chilled out there for ages several times during the days, and a few times I caught her with firm hands (making sure she had nowhere to run so we didn't have the "chase/flap" thing going on. Then I held her on my lap stroking her gently and chatting to her from time to time until she relaxed - it took AGES for her to stop sitting there all tensed up ready to fly.

By the end of day two she was still a bit hard to catch, but those photos show her barely a few seconds after picking her up, so she's relaxing a lot quicker and I don't feel like she's terrified of being caught any more.

 

[chicklover16]

I just sat in the run with a cuppa and a book and chilled out there for ages several times during the days, and a few times I caught her with firm hands (making sure she had nowhere to run so we didn't have the "chase/flap" thing going on. Then I held her on my lap stroking her gently and chatting to her from time to time until she relaxed - it took AGES for her to stop sitting there all tensed up ready to fly.

By the end of day two she was still a bit hard to catch, but those photos show her barely a few seconds after picking her up, so she's relaxing a lot quicker and I don't feel like she's terrified of being caught any more.

yay!