Is it ture your suppose to handle the baby when it is at least 2 weeks old, thats what I heard and I deicided to post here to find out if its true. Also do you have to hold the chick every day for it to become totally tamed?

Yes hndling them makes them use to humans hands and faces and vioces well just us humans altogether from a young age. We say 2 weeks becuase that is when they get the nice fluffy bodies and are able to hold their head up with ease. 2-3 time a days is about the normal for a max of ten minutes for hand taming training.

by the way when u you handle them do you every single one and feed them or just pet them

Edited March 31, 200619 yr by Nerwen

I just handle them, and leave the feeding to Mum! Just lets them know that this gigantic hand that rips it out of it's nest box, is attached to a nice soft voice. When they are about 4 weeks old I will offer them millet or fresh veg from my hands too.

I try to handle them all at lest twice a day, when the young one where still to small I would take one handle him the take the next after returning the first. Now I take all of them from the box together. Sometime just cuase I want to I will take one and cuddle it alone. Also so they learn this thing isn't going to take them all the time.

I always try to handle my chicks. I try to check tosee if they are okay and also being feed..... plus they're cute. :hap:

I handle all my babies.....its helps them get used to us as friends. They are a more manageable bird in the longrun. It is a good way to keep a check on their health and their feeding. In this way, I was able to work out a Mum and Dad had stopped feeding thier only baby and I then had it fostered to another pair. Positive outcome...this baby fledged today healthy and happy.

My chick is 16 days old so what should I feed it then? I belive its to young to give it millet or fresh veg.

I would still be letting the parents feed the baby. Just handling the baby at this stage.

It doesnt like being held? Whenever I put my hand in the nest box it runs over into the corner and sometimes when I go to pick it up it starts squaking.

Mine do that too, it's a safty thing. The scream in the wide to try and 'chase' away the thing getting in the box and for mum. At least that's what I think. Just pick him up and keep handling the squeaking should stop after a while.