Teach/Introduce things to chicks early

[MsGloria]

Hi there!

I'm raising my first group of chicks, and they are doing great!

We are trying to raise them to be friendly/less skittish. They are bantam Silkies and bantam Ameraucanas. We were wondering if there were any specific things it would be great to introduce early that would make them more likely to adapt/interact to them.

We are doing some hand feeding, made them a swing, and we give each bird handling time every day so they are used to being picked up.

Any other good things to teach them? How to make them more likely to get in a chicken tractor? Or really anything. Open to whatever, just wanted to see!

Thanks!

 

[Sally PB]

Handling them is probably the number one thing. Let then walk on you, explore around you. Here's your excuse to spend a lot of time with cute chicks!