Can you take a chicken trick or treating?

[FortCluck]

Thanks, I was going to dress the silkies up to of course, its quite easy, making little hats out of fabric or paper, even cardboard!, I'm going to dress up the white one as a bunny and the buff as a bear.

You definitely have to post pictures because this is amazing! Hope your daughter continues her chicken love because this world needs more chicken ladies.

 

[AviansLove]

You definitely have to post pictures because this is amazing! Hope your daughter continues her chicken love because this world needs more chicken ladies.

Yes, I believe it does to, she wishes to be an avian vet, although i'm not a vet I work with abandoned birds, parrots, chickens, guineas, even 2 peacocks, hawks, bunches of birds They are so fun to work with.

 

[FortCluck]

Yes, I believe it does to, she wishes to be an avian vet, although i'm not a vet I work with abandoned birds, parrots, chickens, guineas, even 2 peacocks, hawks, bunches of birds They are so fun to work with.

Lucky girl having a parent that does what you do!

 

[AviansLove]

A chicken stroller would be ideal!
View attachment 1930848
Chickens, like other animals, can get adapt to the various unnatural situations humans create for them. I think that Silkies, being an often pampered breed, may be subject to this even more than other breeds and can take it in stride. Surely we put our commercial flocks to a lot more stress than pet (or show) chickens receive.

My silkies are show birds, i've just never showed them yet since they are still younger!

 

[rosemarythyme]

Like I said neighborhood is small so we have to drive to houses, I will be holding her hand while walking up to the driveways for safety reasons, if the chickens seem stressed or scared I will just take them back. Thank you for the warning though!

Since you're willing and able to put them back in the car/take them home if the need arises I personally don't see the harm in trying it. Just avoid interacting with other neighborhood flocks and don't let other kids handle them either. It'll definitely make for a memorable experience for her!

 

[Dinogrrl]

My two biggest concerns would be the stress level for the chickens and how other people/children react to them. If the chickens are chill and used to new situations, it might be an interesting enrichment activity for them to go out trick-or-treating! But I definitely would not risk other people touching them because you never know how people will react. Especially at a time like Halloween when a lot of people are already on edge and may have rather extreme fight-or-flight reactions to unexpected things (like chickens) (those videos of grown people punching out Halloween decorations come to mind). But if you're going earlier in the afternoon or evening (as I'm guessing you would be with a young child) you may not run into that sort of problem.

 

[SueT]

@AviansLove I hope you are still going to enter the dress-up-your-chicken-for-Halloween contest! They need more entries...only 11 days till Halloween!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/best-halloween-chicken-in-costume.1335462/
anyone else interested?

 

[AviansLove]

My two biggest concerns would be the stress level for the chickens and how other people/children react to them. If the chickens are chill and used to new situations, it might be an interesting enrichment activity for them to go out trick-or-treating! But I definitely would not risk other people touching them because you never know how people will react. Especially at a time like Halloween when a lot of people are already on edge and may have rather extreme fight-or-flight reactions to unexpected things (like chickens) (those videos of grown people punching out Halloween decorations come to mind). But if you're going earlier in the afternoon or evening (as I'm guessing you would be with a young child) you may not run into that sort of problem.

Chickens will be in a basket, I've been taking them on walks to get them used to the sound of traffic and people.

 

[AviansLove]

@AviansLove I hope you are still going to enter the dress-up-your-chicken-for-Halloween contest! They need more entries...only 11 days till Halloween!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/best-halloween-chicken-in-costume.1335462/
anyone else interested?

Yes! Still finishing up the costumes!

 

[sorce]

Safety first......

Some people don't contain their dogs well, and while it would be cute...

If a large dog smells chicken and gets excited their is a very real possibility of your little one getting seriously injured, especially if knocked down some stairs.

If you're going to do it, be highly , highly aware and super vigilant.

Sorce