You need to get them as chicks and handle them everyday. I have some adult birds I bought and they are super skiddish. I hatched out a bunch of jumbo browns and I held them daily. They are 4 weeks old now and some of them will stay in my hand. But I hatched out some Italians and they are very skiddish. After I hold them for a while they calm down but first time I get close they freak out....