Can medium sized and small parrots live with 10 hens outdoors in the same coop at night?

[Serin]

I’m fairly certain that parrots, being predators, would kill the chickens. My parents keep both in side by side enclosures in the summer. Then they bring the parrots inside for the winter. You can see some videos of the enclosures here.

Chicjens are predators and would more likely kill small parrots. Parrots are mostly seed eating.

 

[Quailobsessed]

I’m fairly certain that parrots, being predators, would kill the chickens. My parents keep both in side by side enclosures in the summer. Then they bring the parrots inside for the winter. You can see some videos of the enclosures here.

Parrots are prey animals. They probably won't kill the chickens, but may attack in self-defence. If the two species fight, it would be bad for both.


Having owned both chickens and medium and small parrots, I would not keep them in the same enclosure. I wouldn't even keep my small parrots with my larger parrots. Chickens and parrots have so many different care requirements and need an entirely different enclosure.

 

[cluckmecoop7]

I agree completely with @NNYchick.

I have never had personal experience with parrots, but I wouldn't recommend keeping the two together (Chickens & Parrots) because it is true they eat different foods and need a different environment to live and thrive. I'm sure it's possible, but I don't recommend it.
Good luck!!

 

[ellend]

What if I'm going to hand feed the parrots from when they're babies and get them used to the chickens at a young age?

Parrots are parrots; their behavior is not totally moldable by you. They are not "blank slates." Their intelligence and native behaviors make them difficult birds to properly care for. May I suggest you contact your nearest parrot rescue for advice? I care for all my birds, regardless of cost, but--you are talking about very expensive birds here, who are fragile when it comes to disease and injury. Personally I would NOT expose them to other birds, and would definitely house them safely separated from each other. Most people I know who have multiples create a parrot room. They can see, hear, and talk to each other, but not injure each other.
Good luck. Your local parrot rescue really CAN be an enormous help to you on an ongoing basis; they have lots of experience.

 

[ellend]

Your enclosure looks great. I love to tinker & "make do" also, but I know enough about parrots to not do that in their case. Your chickens may be over their diseases; that does not mean they are not carriers of past diseases, which the parrots will have no immunity to. The cost of veterinary care for one sick parrot would be close to enough to give them a separate space well away from the chickens. (IF you aren't planning to vet them when they are sick, due to expense, I hope you will re-home them.) Many diseases of birds have carrier states, and that goes for the wild birds in your area as well.
As for NOT clipping wings, well & good if you have a secure aviary with double doors to prevent escapes, but NEVER, NEVER, please please please never let an unclipped parrot loose. MANY owners have had the heartbreak of their bird taking off--JUST ONCE--("he never did that before!") and they often cannot be retrieved, even if you can find them. That spells death for the bird. Your parrot may absolutely adore you, but he is first and foremost a bird.
Regarding not taking the word of those who haven't tried it; education and research shows us that parrots and chickens have different needs and weaknesses. Because "it works" for someone does not rule out sheer luck. Also, how long did their parrots live after being housed with chickens? FULL parrot life-spans?
Why take chances with their lives, as they are the only lives they will ever have?

 

[ellend]

Diet is extraordinarily important with parrots. They get fatty liver very easily, especially from a seed-heavy diet. Like us, they will choose what they LIKE instead of what is healthy for them. They LOVE seed. Confining them to a healthy parrot diet (with occasional treats) is essential to to their welfare.

 

[ThreeWillows]

I’m fairly certain that parrots, being predators, would kill the chickens. My parents keep both in side by side enclosures in the summer. Then they bring the parrots inside for the winter. You can see some videos of the enclosures here.

Parrots are not predators but prey animals themselves. They are hook bills, but not raptors. I own three parrots and 25 chickens. They are kept separate.

 

[Noellereagan]

I have had parrots (African gray,conures) and I have chickens. I would never house them together they have drastically different needs. Poultry need dry environment were parrots are tropical and need a moist environment, eat different foods, parrots need a closely monitored varied diet to thrive and chickens are carriers of diseases that most cage species have never had contact with let alone have built up immunity too. Parrots also have very delicate respiratory symptoms I don’t think the could handle the dust of a chicken coop.

That’s exactly what I was thinking- especially the dust. I have no known respiratory ailments and the chicken dust gets to me at times where I feel it in my lungs the next am still. And this is taking into consideration that I have rare breed chickens that tend to be more sensitive than average production breeds- meaning their coops get cleaned at the very least- weekly. That being said, if the dust bothers me in chicken habits that are cleaned AND dusted weekly, usually more frequently, I cannot imagine what it would have as far as adverse effects on the parrot species.

I breed several types of parrots, including amazons, budgies, lovebirds and I also breed birds like diamond doves. Naturally,having all parrot species in the house, this demands I keep on top of dusting in the house- daily. And on days that I just brush over surfaces with a swifter (versus “picking up” the dust with pledge) the parrots usually let off a few sneezes. To that end, with a layer of dust not even visible to the naked eye (because if it were visible, my boyfriend would pull the plug on birds in the house- so I MUST keep ahead of things) making the parrots sneeze- can you IMAGINE what the average chicken coop dust would do?! I’d say this would border on inhumane habitat for parrots. Such a bad idea. Why not keep crocs with your chooks? Or if you’re talking birds and birds - what about throwing some hawks and eagles in with chickens? For obvious reasons right?both extreme examples. But I’m just saying... I completely agree with your synopsis here. Bad, bad idea. And I’m sorry, I wouldn’t put any merit in many youtubers. What’s that commercial- “it must be true. It’s on the internet!” Pops in my mind. Not that the woman in the video even had chickens with parrots. Again, I’m just pointing out the satire here.
like another poster said- it seems the op has her mind made up. Hopefully these replies will have her reconsidering.We’re talking about such beautiful creatures with such vastly different needs. Would you smother a t bone in jelly and marshmallow? Of course not. Why? Because some things just don’t belong together, even if you love both things by themselves- it doesn’t mean they’ll go well together.Good luck to the op. And especially, good luck to the birds in question. Or perhaps I should say, in jeopardy.
last, to the op- train them without an aviary net? As in the parrots? So they just hang out on their own free will? Has anyone considered this is a troll just spamming? I almost hope so. It seems like a joke. But if so, my long winded response says the jokes on me. But on the off chance the op isn’t joking- I decided to take time out of my busy day to point out what a truly stupid idea this is. I’m sorry, there’s no nicer way to say this. Maybe your intentions are in the right place- and if that’s the case, I beg you, don’t do this. Good luck.

 

[FathertoFeathers]

I would say no. The African grey has a very strong beak that could crush bone seriously injuring a chicken or killing it. With 10 chickens if they decided to gang up on any of the parrots it would be certain death. Not a good idea

 

[Madi131]

Does anyone know if these birds will make a lot of noise together?

Not to sound rude. At all. But have you ever had parrots? First off it's super hard for me to get any of my big birds to get along with each other. Even the little birds don't always get along. We had to get rid of our macaw due to him picking fights with the cockatoo. They have super bad mood swings. Especially in the spring and during their molts. And I have tried to let my cockatoo socialize with the chickens, ducks, turkey, etc. He tried to kill them. Even when I introduced them in cages and let them sit by each other for weeks. I introduced the special needs cockatiel to some silkie chicks I have right now and even he tried to attack them when we turned around. When we were there he was going "chirpy chirp baby". They are very deceiving. The parrots will act like roosters will. They'll try to show their dominance and want to be at the top of the pecking order. Most likely kill the chickens by doing so. The parrots might try to play with the chickens and hurt them by doing so. A parrot bite can take off a person's finger. There is no doubt it can kill a chicken with one bite. It doesn't matter if you raise them or not. They are going to and will bite. If anything gets on their nerves, they're going to bite. They will bite you too.
All birds are nosy. I take my birds outside in their cages when it's warm. You can hear them from miles away. Now multiply that by how many you want to get. Not to mention they need toys and stimulation. Most likely they would make games out of the chickens. This is not a good idea at all. If you go through with this, you will have a blood bath on your hands and will lose a lot of money.