holding them from their very first days helps... keep handling them and perhaps they will get used to you. how old are they now?
My chickens love to be held. I walk around the garden carring them and they coo and chirp really cute. Go to my page to see how I tame chicks; it should help you....
The only chicks I have that likes to be handled is my blue laced red wyandottes. They follow me around everywhere and they are my most friendliest breed of chicken I have followed by my turkens.
I would continue to hold them and hope they get used to it...I hold my baby chicks twice a day to imprint them.
I like to set aside a certain time a day to hold and socialize with my chicks. Sometimes its just sitting by their brooder and talking to them softly and sometimes I pick them up and hold them. This has worked beautifully for me in the past.
