people with house chickens

[calichicken]

Lost my battle trying to raise rare Blue Breda pullets -- lost one the first week and managed to raise the 2nd one to 6-months. I'll try Blue Breda again in future but my immediate need is for layers since I have only one laying Cuckoo Breda hen at the moment. So I ordered 3 Dominique pullet chicks from my local feed store since no one has older Dom pullets available this time of year. Wish me luck raising these baby chicks. I love Doms because they are non-combative, lighterweight, and outgoing friendly like Breda are. But I've got to keep these babies indoors until they're ready to go outside.
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So sorry you lost your pulletsYour new babies are adorable!!!! I love the pool brooder set up!

 

[Michelle Guynn]

One of my 3 house chickens.

 

[calichicken]

View attachment 1107060 One of my 3 house chickens.

Fluffy silikies are the cutest I had a silkie house chicken named Chirp...my preschool class named her...lol!

 

[Sylvester017]

Where do they poop? I have chicken droppings all over my driveway, front walk, and deck when they sneak up there. I would think there'd be poop all over the house

People do different things that works for them when keeping house pets.

Chickens poop about every 15-20 minutes so we confine our juveniles to kitchen tile floors where it's a bit easier to wipe up right away. We once used diapers on our earlier chickens but I didn't like the poop irritating their vent area. Diapers should not be used all day IMO for that reason. And when changing diapers we baby shampoo'd the vent feathers, blow-dried the feathers, before putting on another clean chicken diaper.

Our last young juveniles would stay by the mirror on the floor where their food and water dishes were and then we used bath towels to cover the runner rug, and used long strips of large cardboard boxes to block off the doorway to other rooms. They were very good about spending the day talking to the "other" chicken in their reflection.

 

[hinckleyrob]

You are a very devoted chicken owner. God bless! I just enjoy the crap out of watching mine flock around the yard! My neighbors were surprisingly pleased also. I just can't fathom keeping them inside. But, to each, their own. Keep up the good work!

 

[calichicken]

You are a very devoted chicken owner. God bless! I just enjoy the crap out of watching mine flock around the yard! My neighbors were surprisingly pleased also. I just can't fathom keeping them inside. But, to each, their own. Keep up the good work!

I LOVE MY house chickens!!!! They get their fair share of out door time too...but they rule the roost...ummm house...LOL!

 

[Michelle Guynn]

 

[calichicken]

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Adorable little silkie! My girls like to chill on the couch at night too

 

[Sylvester017]

My Dom chicks are almost a month-&-a-half-old.

Baby Dominiques in kiddie pool brooder - Aug 4th:

A little over 5 weeks old now - gangly little dinosaurs. Very outgoing pesty friendly little breed. I'm constantly cleaning the tile floor but they don't fit in the kiddie pool very well and I don't have the heart to cage them up in a dog kennel. Waiting for them to get to two-months-old so we can put them outdoors overnight.

 

[calichicken]

My Dom chicks are almost a month-&-a-half-old.

Baby Dominiques in kiddie pool brooder - Aug 4th:
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A little over 5 weeks old now - gangly little dinosaurs. Very outgoing pesty friendly little breed. I'm constantly cleaning the tile floor but they don't fit in the kiddie pool very well and I don't have the heart to cage them up in a dog kennel. Waiting for them to get to two-months-old so we can put them outdoors overnight.
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ADORABLE pic of these 3!