Best indoor chicken breed

[The Birb King]

Seramas are probably the best option. They are very small and easy to care for, they dont need a ton of space, and they are really friendly and have great personalities. I will probably have an indoor serama myself some day they are great chickens!

 

[The Birb King]

To everyone saying chickens are not good house pets, they are not much different from keeping a dog or cat. They can be potty trained but most people either think they can't or dont want to go through the effort.

 

[Sussex19]

To everyone saying chickens are not good house pets, they are not much different from keeping a dog or cat. They can be potty trained but most people either think they can't or dont want to go through the effort.

How to you potty train them?
The only time they seem to have any interest in holding the poop is when they are broody.
I have (kind of) litter trained a goat, which I didn't think was possible, until it happened, though...

 

[The Birb King]

A chicken is like any other animal. Let’s pretend it’s a tiger. You can put in a room, give it silk pillows and meals on silver platters, treat it like it's royalty. But at the end of the day, it's still a tiger. It's not a domesticated animal. It still wants to do basic tiger things - run, hunt, eat, mate, etc. Point is, it doesn't matter how well you perceive your treatment of the animal - if you're not meeting its most basic animal needs, it's a form of cruelty.
If you have a chicken inside 24/7, she can't hunt for bugs, or dustbathe, or dig in the dirt with her flock. She might not understand what she's missing out on, but she's missing it all the same. It's not fair to her.

Why are you comparing chickens to tigers And yea the indoor chicken would need to go outside sometimes but they could live a perfectly happy life.

 

[The Birb King]

How to you potty train them?
The only time they seem to have any interest in holding the poop is when they are broody.
I have (kind of) litter trained a goat, which I didn't think was possible, until it happened, though...

I would assume it is pretty similar to a cat. I saw a video of someone litter box training their chicks with a clicker and treats.

 

[The Birb King]

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-19796224.amp

And that is why im scared of pigs

 

[Sussex19]

I would assume it is pretty similar to a cat. I saw a video of someone litter box training their chicks with a clicker and treats.

But kittens start using it all by themselves as soon as they start eating solid food, and chicks don't.
I think I am actually interested if it can be done.
Not that I'm thinking of trying it!

 

[Isadora]

I would assume it is pretty similar to a cat. I saw a video of someone litter box training their chicks with a clicker and treats.

It's very different in that cats instinctively want to bury their waste in dirt. Chickens have no such inclination.

 

[fluffycrow]

OK since you don't like this analogy, let's compare domestic chickens to their ancestor, the Red jungle fowl. Red jungle fowl spend the entirety of their day roaming their vast territories in search of food. At the first sight of danger, they fly away, something domestic chickens still do, something impossible to do in a home. One of the main ways of foraging for food, fowl scratch and peck at the ground to uncover its delicious secrets. Now, I don't believe someone has dirt as flooring for their homes yet. And by the way, since you didn't like it when someone compared chickens to a feline, why did you do the same?

 

[The Birb King]

OK since you don't like this analogy, let's compare domestic chickens to their ancestor, the Red jungle fowl. Red jungle fowl spend the entirety of their day roaming their vast territories in search of food. At the first sight of danger, they fly away, something domestic chickens still do, something impossible to do in a home. One of the main ways of foraging for food, fowl scratch and peck at the ground to uncover its delicious secrets. Now, I don't believe someone has dirt as flooring for their homes yet. And by the way, since you didn't like it when someone compared chickens to a feline, why did you do the same?

Why dont we compare dogs to their ancestors too shall we? Wolves spend their days wandering through the woods hunting in a pack. Something that modern dogs do not get to do. Wolves also dig dens to give birth in. Again something modern dogs are unable to do. I dont know what your trying to convince me here but it aint working