I have been tending to the chickens for quite a few months now. I am from the city and currently living on a farm, so this is all very new to me.
I have now gone through the experience of collecting eggs, incubating them and helping to raise the chicks. I really wanted to bond with them, but as it turns out, outdoor chickens are nothing like dogs!
But then one day as I was walking by one of the chicks I helped raised, now almost fully grown, spontaneously jumped up and landed on my shoulder!
I was shocked and yelled at my friend to grab her camera. Luckily she was fast enough and captured this glorious moment!
This is now a daily occurrence.... only when I have food though. I will have to observe this phenomena to see if it is cool, or whether it causes problems amoung the chicken politics.