Why is my chicken crouching when i come?

[ChickensForEggs2500]

"You can start by sitting near them with treats. Good luck!" and do i need or can i tame with it?
"none of them really like being held" chicks or chickens? And why not, it's just friendling... teach them instead...
"It might be harder to get them to stop running if you didn't hand raise them from chicks" hand raise by treating (giving them foods?) then pick them up (if it is meaning hand raise).
When i was at neighbourhood, when i came to my chickens about 1 km they started running away scareling loudly like their lives are depending on it. I even came to chicken coop and the chickens were so at wall as they can fit then i came even closer then they were escaped loudly [REDACTED], i even finally catched the chicken, and chicken escaped by worrying noises that i was so sorry. Anyway i one in the ever life catched the chicken (at neighbour's of course), then i putted down then she ran away.
"You can start by sitting near them with treats. Good luck!" i did that, and they didn't run away from me, especially that one chicken...

I'm sorry if what I said was confusing. This is just what I do, and I a by no means an expert. Yes, you can tame them with treats, as others have said. I hope you can bond with your chickens eventually!

 

[3KillerBs]

but i wanna completely tame the chicken. It must be for God's sake friendly!

Most chickens do not like to be picked up. If you always pick them up, or try to pick them up, they will run away from you.

Some chickens can be tamed. Others cannot.

For thousands of years of domestication, they have been bred as livestock, not pets, with the focus on producing meat and eggs, not on cuddling with humans.

Our most common cuddle-pets, cats and dogs, are PREDATORS, not PREY.

A predator can be more comfortable being handled because in the back of it's mind in the deepest level of instinct it knows that if you hurt it it can hurt you back -- or kill you and eat you.

A prey animal's instincts are completely different. They do not fight. They run and hide. To be caught and held is to die. You can't change their nature.

I do not have hundreds of chickens' worth of experience that some people do. I have had 24, in two different flocks. Of those 24 chickens only 2 liked to be picked up and petted and one more didn't mind -- until he matured, at which point I judged that a rooster should not be a cuddle-toy and was content that he respected me and didn't become aggressive when I handed his hens.

One of the ones who actually liked to be picked up was a cockerel who went to freezer camp at 4 months old.

The other was a hen who remained tame and friendly until she first went broody. She was a fierce and determined broody who, lacking fear of humans, bit HARD in defense of her eggs. After she was no longer broody she was also no longer interested in being handled.

You cannot realistically expect a chicken to be a feathered dog.

Instead of focusing on wanting to hold them and pet them, try learning to enjoy them for what they actually are as chickens.

 

[OmnipotentOrpington]

then teach her

It's not like that. She's just doesn't like it, it feels uncomfortable to her. I choose to respect that because I don't want her to be scared of me. If she doesn't want to be held, I just give her treats because that makes her happy and I want her to be happy.

Why not? It's enjoying?

Not exactly. Humans show affection through touch, as do cats and dogs. However, chickens show affection through being around each other and respecting the other chickens' needs. They don't SHOW affection or enjoy being held or stroked, and it's a completely new sensation from what generations of being wild birds has engrained in their brains.

 

[OmnipotentOrpington]

Some chickens can be tamed. Others cannot.

For thousands of years of domestication, they have been bred as livestock, not pets, with the focus on producing meat and eggs, not on cuddling with humans.

Our most common cuddle-pets, cats and dogs, are PREDATORS, not PREY.

A predator can be more comfortable being handled because in the back of it's mind in the deepest level of instinct it knows that if you hurt it it can hurt you back -- or kill you and eat you.

A prey animal's instincts are completely different. They do not fight. They run and hide. To be caught and held is to die. You can't change their nature.

I do not have hundreds of chickens' worth of experience that some people do. I have had 24, in two different flocks. Of those 24 chickens only 2 liked to be picked up and petted and one more didn't mind -- until he matured, at which point I judged that a rooster should not be a cuddle-toy and was content that he respected me and didn't become aggressive when I handed his hens.

One of the ones who actually liked to be picked up was a cockerel who went to freezer camp at 4 months old.

The other was a hen who remained tame and friendly until she first went broody. She was a fierce and determined broody who, lacking fear of humans, bit HARD in defense of her eggs. After she was no longer broody she was also no longer interested in being handled.

You cannot realistically expect a chicken to be a feathered dog.

Instead of focusing on wanting to hold them and pet them, try learning to enjoy them for what they actually are as chickens.

Oops, I missed this! It's pretty much what I said, and probably explains it better!

 

[AntiqueB]

There are very few birds who want to be picked up and held. That prey instinct is also what makes us have to be "friends" on their terms, not ours.

Although they may not like being cuddled, in my experience with both house birds (like parakeets) and chickens, at least half of all domestic birds can be tamed enough to come when you show yourself, if they are treated gently and rewarded for doing so. My best pet birds sat on my finger, on my shoulder, ate from my dish. My chickens sit on my lap and fall asleep as I pet them. However, that leaves about half that wanted very little to do with me!

Like all animals, people included, chickens have individual personalities. Some of those will find friendship with humans, and some will not. Either way, they are fun to watch, and a great excuse to relax outdoors!

 

[tiho_prskalo]

They want more from you, if they follow you around, give them more treats. They aren't like dogs, they do not find hugs and pets and cuddles enjoyable (well, some do, doesn't sound like yours do). Work more on bonding, give them treats, talk to them (yeah you'll look crazy , who cares), and at night when they are on their roost they are so sleepy that if you give them treats and pet them down their backs, they are unlikely to move away, and if they do thats fine, let them. Petting is a human want, not the animals want.

" they do not find hugs and pets and cuddles enjoyable (well, some do, doesn't sound like yours do)." So if they follow me, so i can pet it? And just to let you know, just only one chicken followed me as i said

 

[tiho_prskalo]

Most chickens do not like to be picked up. If you always pick them up, or try to pick them up, they will run away from you.

If you move slowly, and sit, and give them a little treat, like a few mealworms or anything else they like, they will eventually come to you. Start by putting the treat near you. Move it closer to you every day. Stay near their run, or wherever they go in the daytime. Let them get used to seeing you sitting quietly. Read a book, or do something on your phone.

This process will take time. It can take weeks. You will need to be consistent. If you do the wrong thing once (like chase them to pick them up), they will need to learn to trust you all over again.

If you get them as chicks, and always treat them gently, they are more likely to be friendly when they get older.

You will also have to accept that some chickens are friendlier than others, and there is nothing you can do to change that. Birds can't be forced to do what they don't want to do. Enjoy the ones that learn to enjoy sitting on your lap, and respect the others' decisions not to.

"Most chickens do not like to be picked up." and why not? You will probably say that they think i will eat them, well i just pick them up but then take them down always, so they could think i am friendlier with it, but again just why not?

"This process will take time. It can take weeks." uh oh, this is too long, there is another way to tame the chickens, by taming then (you know, giving them treats then pick them up), right?

"If you get them as chicks, and always treat them gently, they are more likely to be friendly when they get older." great! But i don't have rooster
anyway, what about other chickens? When the chicks when they be older will not run away from me, what others chickens would do?

"Birds can't be forced to do what they don't want to do." what about teaching?

"If you move slowly, and sit, " and what about sitting in the chair?

"You will also have to accept that some chickens are friendlier than others, and there is nothing you can do to change that." yes i can, there is always a way to change, can't you think or imagine it?

 

[tiho_prskalo]

I'll take a video some time of how my chickens react when I go outside, and how I got them that way. It might be useful to some people...

COOL!!! <;D

I would love to watch the video, i never got an idea by this!

 

[tiho_prskalo]

Oops, I missed this! It's pretty much what I said, and probably explains it better!

Huh!? Noooo, i wanna tame the all chickens and it can be!

 

[tiho_prskalo]

There are very few birds who want to be picked up and held. That prey instinct is also what makes us have to be "friends" on their terms, not ours.

Although they may not like being cuddled, in my experience with both house birds (like parakeets) and chickens, at least half of all domestic birds can be tamed enough to come when you show yourself, if they are treated gently and rewarded for doing so. My best pet birds sat on my finger, on my shoulder, ate from my dish. My chickens sit on my lap and fall asleep as I pet them. However, that leaves about half that wanted very little to do with me!

Like all animals, people included, chickens have individual personalities. Some of those will find friendship with humans, and some will not. Either way, they are fun to watch, and a great excuse to relax outdoors!

"Some of those will find friendship with humans, and some will not."
"at least half of all domestic birds can be tamed enough to come when you show yourself,"
"However, that leaves about half that wanted very little to do with me!"
but i wanna be to can tamed all the birds, all, everything all without few and half