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chick rookie said:
I have never had any before. theses chicks are mean. hope they grow out of it. 
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Lol well chickens do have the whole pecking order thing going on. Mine aren't mean but I guess it all depends on the birds. Handle them a lot is the best advise I can give.
 
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bwalden said:
Lol well chickens do have the whole pecking order thing going on. Mine aren't mean but I guess it all depends on the birds. Handle them a lot is the best advise I can give.
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Didn't know they had a pecking order at 5 days old??? and as far as handling them... every time I try they scream and get so stressed out that they just sit the rest of the day, I'm bout to give up and just handle when I have to. I don't want any more dead chickens or chicks.
 
chick rookie said:
Didn't know they had a pecking order at 5 days old???  and as far as handling them... every time I try they scream and get so stressed out that they just sit the rest of the day, I'm bout to give up and just handle when I have to.  I don't want any more dead chickens or chicks.  
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Ok yeah 5 days old is young for pecking order, but don't give up they will come around if you keep working with them.
 
When I was taming my guineas, I didn't try to hold them - just put my hand in the brooder with feed in it - before I filled their feeder, making sure they were hungry. They would flee to the one side of the tank, then one brave one would venture over, then suddenly they all were eating out of my hand. I did that twice a day - and knowing guineas would never be very cuddly, I just respected that eating out of my hand was pretty good. My guineas always followed me around outside (I let them free range) and came when I called.

What I am suggesting is just try hand feeding at first...when I did that with my first batch of chicks, they came around much faster than the guineas.
 
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