Why must this chick be in my hair? I don't want poop in it!

[Barbeque]

And I'm scared he'll eat it or something.
I dunno.
Why is some of the poop white and some brown? Is it unsanitary? xD

 

[TeriNick50]

What goes in ... must come out.
Chickens are fast poopers.
The consistency and color will change depending on what they've been ingesting.

In regard to letting your chick roost on your head ... well ... I think I'll zip my lips on that one!

 

[Southernbelle]

Since birds don't pee, the white part is concentrated uric acid and the brown part is poop.

 

[silkiechicken]

It may be cute now when it is small, but teaching them to be up near your face isn't really a good idea, as people have gotten damage to their eyes though pecking or nails near the face. Sometimes you get lucky, but sometimes that little scratch on your cornea can mean a world of hurt later.

 

[Barbeque]

That's true, I didn't consider it.

What do I do now though?
This one, only this one, insists on being under my chin and in my hair.
All the others will deal with sleeping on an individual finger or in my palm or on my lap.
It's just Barbecue, my BR chick

 

[silkiechicken]

Just plan don't let the chick near your face. Keep it down low. Other than injuries to youself, if it gets used to being above you, when those hormones kick in, it may start to think it is above you in the pecking order!

 

[daniduck]

Some folks teach theirs to sit on their shoulder as far over as they can. Don't know how you would do that with, all of ours I would just hold them on my forearm, or fingers/hand as they got bigger. If they walked too far up my arm I would move them. For the most part they prefer to follow me on the ground, as to being carried.

 

[Jasmine1998]

Two of my barred rock chicks have decided it is a good idea to fly up on my shoulder. I immediately knock them down & then use my hand to lightly bump them in the chest several times across the coop. I figure they show each other who is boss by chest bumping, that I would do the same thing. It worked with one of them, & the other one is a little better now, but not completely cured.

 

[Katy]

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Start treating them more like chickens and less like toys and then you won't have to deal with having him sitting on your head.

 

[SeaChick]

I've found that some chicks are bigger "babies" than others. That is, they are looking to you to be the momma hen and acting like babies. have you ever watched a mother hen and her chicks? The chicks shelter under wings and breast. Any sign of danger and that's where they head; it's their security blanket. Some chicks are bolder and spend more time up on TOP of the mother hen, others spend more time sheltered under some part of her body. Different personalities.

When hand-raised chicks want to nestle under your hand, or hair, or -when they're a bit older- tuck their head under your elbow.... I think its essentially the same thing. We've found that hand-reared chicks who get a lot of handling really do imprint on you as "mama hen" at first, and then later you change, in their eyes, to "rooster". Some chicks are naturally bolder and others are bigger babies. I have one EE hen who, to this day, snuggles her head under my elbow when I pick her up. She used to do ti all the time as a chick, she was a real "baby".

I agree that perhaps you should not encourage this behavior, though, for the safety of your eyes and earrings (had a chick eat one right out of my daughter's ear once!) Why not try cupping your hand over it, or some other sheltering gesture, to satisfy that need in it?