Holding and Restraining Technique

Holding & Restraining Technique

By Amy Webb and Kendal Scobie

• To handle a chook you need to be calm & sensible.
• You need to talk softly to the chook & keep talking gently to it while you catch it.
• To catch it you need to try carefully and quickly grab hold of it by the legs and body.
• If this doesn’t work try doing the same thing but faster.
• If this still doesn’t work leave the chook for a while and then go back and try again.
• Once you have the bird hold it by putting your middle finger in between its legs and squeeze the legs so the chook doesn’t go flying away.
• Stroke your chook gently with your other hand.
• To put the chook down simply make sure its feet are touching the ground and reverse the catching process.
• Do not be mean to your chook if it does something wrong.
• If your chook goes crazy do not panic just firmly hold onto your chook and talk quietly to reassure it.
• If you feel scared while holding your chook don’t worry your confidence will grow and the chook will quiet down over time.