Hey, question—I've been bringing my pullets (close to adulthood) inside every night in a cat carrier. There's three of them, and they're bantams.
I keep straw in their carrier, but today it rained. I'm going to change how I do this come tomorrow, but in the meantime, will it do any real harm...
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Not that far from reality, a lady here in Corvallis managed to teach the chicken to fly to her hand (she's a professional chicken trainer apparently, didn't know they existed), if the load was extremely small, it could be done. All it takes is careful application of magic!
Ondra's Seramas :
I am working on doing this to my little 2 month serama cockerel. I am also harness training him.
Yeah, I'm hoping to use this guide to get a serama myself, but given our many cats that is not a realistic idea. I'm thinking a Bearded D'Uccle.
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Aww, my sympathies.
Thanks for the guide, Hackles. This'll be really useful.
Out of curiosity, is it possible to train chickens to do other things? Like fetching the paper (or something smaller)?
Awesome! I've wanted a pet chicken for a while, but there aren't exactly many sites on raising a house chicken. I was extremely discouraged. Almost every single site said that 'chickens make awful house pets!'. My friend was skeptical about it, having watched 'Natural History of the Chicken' and...