Imprinted chicks?

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my two chicks I hatched from an incubator will not stop screaming unless I hold them. They cry all night and day. I try putting them my baby guinea because they really love it and it loves them but they still cry. If I put my hand in with them they snuggle to it and will follow my hand around. Im getting a headache! Helpp
 
You think? Theyer inside and I put them outside in the sun. They don't do the snuggle thing when I put them in with all my other chicks. They just stand and cry till I hold them.
 
They love to be held like this
 

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No there is ten and they are the youngest. They all cuddle with each other. If I just even hold them in a colder room they will just go to sleep. And then I put them back where its warm and they cry. Ill try adding more heat but the only time they seem content is when I hold them. Im just too busy to do that all day. Theyer in 80 degrees in the sun and partly shade.
 
my two chicks I hatched from an incubator will not stop screaming unless I hold them. They cry all night and day. I try putting them my baby guinea because they really love it and it loves them but they still cry. If I put my hand in with them they snuggle to it and will follow my hand around. Im getting a headache! Helpp
They think you are their mother and they cry when they can not see you as a survival mechanism. I had two like that earlier this year. Fortunately I was working from home, so I put their cage where they could see me while I was working. They will grow out of it! Try covering their cage/brooder with a sheet at night, seems to help. Mine are 9 weeks old now, out in the coop with the big girls, have integrated just fine. They will both fly into my lap when I sit out there for some pats and attention. Yours will end up being sweet and friendly pets if that is what you are aiming for. :)
 
my two chicks I hatched from an incubator will not stop screaming unless I hold them. They cry all night and day. I try putting them my baby guinea because they really love it and it loves them but they still cry. If I put my hand in with them they snuggle to it and will follow my hand around. Im getting a headache! Helpp
I have done similar in with what I call hand-reared. It differs from brooder rearing where brooder chicks are imprinted only on each other while the hand-reared are imprinted on me and each other. Hand-reared is great if you want to train them do do a lot, but does not agree well with a normal daily schedule unless you are home schooling or otherwise always at home. I am raising 13 incubator hatched chicks now that hatched two days ago. We are interacting with those chicks minimally to prevent bonding. Chicks have each other which is enough. The upside of birds imprinted on you is they are less flighty around people if you ignore their efforts to follow you around.
 
Yeah its cute but not practical. I run a buisness and honestly don't have alot of time during the day. I know they have to be bonded to me on some level because they do not run when I reach for them and the quiet when they see me.
 

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