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In the Brooder
- Aug 26, 2020
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I have 4 Rhode Island Red chicks I purchased at one week old and are now four weeks old. My son, who is 40, helps me with my hens; so we are trying to handle the chicks to tame them to us so the are easier to handle as they mature. But the chicks are attack and peck or run in fear when we approach them in their brooder/cage. I talk to them the same way each time and gently and reach in at their level slowly and not above. But they're just not buying it. One runs around in a panic, one attacks and pecks, the other two hide unless you pick them up then they might peck but make noise mercilessly as if being killed and need lots of cuddling to get the calm any at all. What ever shall I do?