So far I have been the only one consistantly handling the chicks. My son and granddaughter have held them a couple of times. When is it alright to let additional people handle them? I will have teenage grandchildren here over spring break. I also want to make sure that they get use to being handled by a variety of people so they become well socialized--or is my handling them on a daily basis enough.

For handling its " the more the merrier" the more you socialize, the more tame they will be.

Babies that are handled by a lot of people will be much less shy with strangers than babies that are only handled by one person. But my babies are rarely handled by anyone but me, and they still turn out well!