My wife and I are new to raising chickens, although we’re not new to spoiling pets!
We have 5 chicks, an easter egger, 2 barred rocks, a barnevelder, and a delaware.
They are two weeks old. The first couple days after their arrival we let them adjust to the brooder. Since then we’ve been slowly picking them up and letting each sleep in our hands a few mins a day. They seemed to enjoy this!
But the past couple of days they seem a lot more restless and do not want to feel restrained by our hands. They want to perch somewhere on us, free from the slightest constraint. Even if they manage to fall asleep in our hands, they wake up seconds later and flap they’re wings to freedom. …we never force them of course.
Is this just a normal part of them growing up? How can you tell if the chicks like you?
This new characteristic has seemed to develop in conjunction with them finding out that we possess their new favorite treat, mealworms! Could this have anything to do with that?
It might be an odd questions, but any advice would be greatly appreciated it! I know it’s probably unlikely that they’ll have the same affection towards us as a dog, but we’d try our best to help get them there!
We have 5 chicks, an easter egger, 2 barred rocks, a barnevelder, and a delaware.
They are two weeks old. The first couple days after their arrival we let them adjust to the brooder. Since then we’ve been slowly picking them up and letting each sleep in our hands a few mins a day. They seemed to enjoy this!
But the past couple of days they seem a lot more restless and do not want to feel restrained by our hands. They want to perch somewhere on us, free from the slightest constraint. Even if they manage to fall asleep in our hands, they wake up seconds later and flap they’re wings to freedom. …we never force them of course.
Is this just a normal part of them growing up? How can you tell if the chicks like you?
This new characteristic has seemed to develop in conjunction with them finding out that we possess their new favorite treat, mealworms! Could this have anything to do with that?
It might be an odd questions, but any advice would be greatly appreciated it! I know it’s probably unlikely that they’ll have the same affection towards us as a dog, but we’d try our best to help get them there!