How to tame untame chickens

[JasperMoon]

The leghorn is considered a flighty chicken, but the EE/Ameracauna are usually pretty docile and friendly. My first chickens were EEs, and they were sweet and easy to handle.

I would follow the advice here, be slow and gentle in all your movements, speak gently when around them, and offer good treats (bread is not good, they need better nutrition than that). Don't have a lot of people coming and going.

And, when you can, as other posters suggested, just sit with them. Watch them. They will learn to trust. Chickens, unlike mammals that are raised from babies, don't usually become friendly or even somewhat tame until they are older and know and trust their human. My favorite chickens were over six months old before they wanted on my lap, and I raised them from hatchlings.

Good luck, and let us know your progress.

shall do, and yes im going to give them some bananas today, and some other stuff i can find around the house. are they allowed to have salted peanuts?

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

shall do, and yes im going to give them some bananas today, and some other stuff i can find around the house. are they allowed to have salted peanuts?

Don’t give them citrus, onions, chocolate. I wouldn’t give them salted pretzels. Also you can add some garlic powder to their feed whenever you refill it and that should keep the mites from sucking their blood

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

@JasperMoon how is the taming coming along?

 

[JasperMoon]

@JasperMoon how is the taming coming along?

Ahh it's great they come real close to me and don't spazz out ^^ I've been giving them lots of bananas and meal worms

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Ahh it's great they come real close to me and don't spazz out ^^ I've been giving them lots of bananas and meal worms

That’s great news. Once th y are comfortable eating out of your hand you can start working on them getting used to being handled but before that you have to let them know that it’s ok to hop up onto your knee for treats. Once they are comfortable eating from your hand while standing on your leg continue to give them treats while petting the one standing on your leg. Good luck and hopefully your chickens will mob you when you come outside regardless if you have treats or not.