Giving your Peachicks treats will not cause them to imprint on you. Imprinting generally occurs during the first hours/day of life, the chicks imprint on the first caregiver they are exposed to. It may be the Peahen if she hatched them, it may be a human if they were incubated, and if you are careful and several hatch they will imprint on each other. Imprinting Peafowl can have a downside, with the hens it is usually fine, but imprinted males can become aggressive toward humans when they mature, because they have no fear of people. Giving treats from a young age will get you calmer, tamer birds, but not like imprinted ones. I have both and imprinted ones can be petted and picked up without too much of a fight. Tame(but not imprinted) will eat from your hand, and will not be too nervous around you, but they probably will not tolerate touching or picking up. That said, I do not give my chicks any treats until they are at least 6 weeks old, it is very important that they eat amprolium medicated starter and treats can cause them to ignore their starter in favor of goodies.
