Kids aren’t gentle

[RIR chicks]

Personally I just wouldn't let him handle the birds until they're feathering in. Less delicate then, but then again, i just don't trust children.

Okay but, he would get ahold of them no matter what I do so.

 

[RIR chicks]

For those of you wondering that is not me in my profile pic.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Okay but, he would get ahold of them no matter what I do so.

Then make a cover he can't open for the brooder or put them in a room he's not allowed in. I do it every year when my family insists on having barbeques with neighbor children running everywhere

 

[RIR chicks]

He is allowed in every room and he is 7 so he can open up a lid and if not when he trís he will break it. Plus we are doing tin in a garage so there is a place to put them where he can’t get them in there. He is allowed in the garage because his bike and helmet and stuff is in there.

 

[K0k0shka]

Kids can learn to be gentle. My 4-year-old was super gentle with the chicks when they hatched, and he's a total tornado otherwise. A 7-year-old is plenty old enough to understand the need to be gentle with a fragile little creature, and to show the self-control and care necessary to execute the task. Talk to him, practice (like the paper idea), and definitely supervise the first encounters, so you can show him how to hold and handle the chicks properly.

 

[RIR chicks]

Okay i will try that