Why do my chickens run away from me?

[nuthatched]

yeah, so i need to do this many times so they would be friendly with me? Right?

Yes, just give them a hand full when you see them. :]

 

[tiho_prskalo]

How old are they and how long have you had them? Chickens are prey animals, run away is their first instinct, so try carrying treats to give to them so they associate you with food.

why do even chickens run away from the humans even if they did not do badly? By teaching their mothers?

 

[tiho_prskalo]

Yes, just give them a hand full when you see them. :]

Also, check out https://tenor.com/users/ivanvojnik my GIFs, my GIFs are also chickens, you would love it trust me believe me

 

[tiho_prskalo]

I don't quite understand that last sentence.
Every time you see them, sprinkle some food/healthy treats on the ground at your feet. They'll quickly start rushing up for handouts. After they start that, you can try hand-feeding them.
Chickens aren't the brightest bulbs in the bunch, and eventually they'll forget that the only reason they come up is for food, and they'll just like you in general. The longer you practice this, the better they'll be.
You can also try touching them at moments that they simply don't care, like when they're pigging out around a feeder. That helps them ignore touching, which is the foundation for liking attention.
And try picking them up just to hand-feed them. If the only time you handle them is to move them, spray them for mites, treat bumblefoot, and other unhappy endeavors, it's obvious why they would come to fear the hand.

it's so simple. Big foods = more foods
"Chickens aren't the brighest bulbs" you are so funny XD
"and eventually they'll forget that the only reason they come up" ok but chickens are smart as always (they really are), nothing wrongs
"sprinkle some food/healthy treats on the ground at your feet" we gave them a warm foods which are the best for the chickens because it's so cold winter outer there which means they won't lay the eggs. Is tempareture foods problem?
Have you ever tamed chickens?

 

[Mvan42]

Mine run to me thinking they will get a treat. From just throwing scratch feed out on the ground to old bread from the house. Warning if you eat something outside beware the flock will follow.. lol. Treats of any kind and a call I always say chick chick chick when giving treats. They know I have something when I call them

 

[Gallinarium]

it's so simple. Big foods = more foods
"Chickens aren't the brighest bulbs" you are so funny XD
"and eventually they'll forget that the only reason they come up" ok but chickens are smart as always (they really are), nothing wrongs
"sprinkle some food/healthy treats on the ground at your feet" we gave them a warm foods which are the best for the chickens because it's so cold winter outer there which means they won't lay the eggs. Is tempareture foods problem?
Have you ever tamed chickens?

I've tamed only thirty chickens but my way works great. Actually, twenty-nine. Val the rose-comb Brown Leghorn hates everyone and anyone, but anyway...
So you're saying that you feed them large-sized treats? The size and temperature doesn't really matter, as long as you bribe them often. I prefer to use fairly small amounts of normal food or scratch, so I don't over-treat them.
Chickens are actually amazingly smart if you pay attention, but their minds don't work at all like a human. Which makes sense, since they aren't humans.
I doubt there's been studies on taming chickens, and I can't call myself an expert, (re: only thirty chickens,) but I think they start associating food, (always a positive,) with you, making you a positive. Eventually they'll just start looking forward to your arrival, while not remembering why. This fits with what I know of avian ethology.