Do's and dont's for a "living room" coop? Building housing indoors?

[Gypsy07]

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The "Are you not worried other people will think you're a weirdo with 'issues'?" argument is hardly logical or persuasive, when you stop for a moment to consider that people who don't keep chickens already vastly outnumber those of us who do, and just about all of them ALREADY think we're a bunch of weirdos. LOL!

We're talking about established cultural and societal norms, that's all, and most of those are no more rational or irrational than the wishes of the few people who actively desire to keep chickens in their house. I mean, why is it okay to eat lambs, but not puppies? Why is it supposedly okay to keep parrots and macaws in the house, but not chickens? Why do we often think it's perfectly acceptable to to be openly critical to people who just so happen to think slightly differently to ourselves? IMO it's the height of egotism to think our way of doing things is the only or the best way of doing things. Quite often it's not. And even if it is, people should still have the right to do otherwise without any better reason than they just so happen to want to...

P.S. Absolutely LOVING the photo of the bald Israeli chicken. Most unusual...

 

[triplecrazy]

Do not do it! My relatives have endured lung disease from our small chicken house (less than 30 hens) in the '60s, and also one has an eye disease that has been associated to chicken dust and is nearly blind.

 

[Oregon Blues]

Try looking for plans for indoor rabbit hutches. Lots of those available.

 

[Gypsy07]

I think you'd need to set a specific room aside for them. I don't think a coop-in-the-livingroom is a good idea...

 

[drumstick diva]

I agree if the birds are in the living room they'll be up all night watching tv. Don't permit computer access either.

 

[ECBW]

On those few occasions, when I have thought about spending some quality evenings with the birds and away from the wife and kids, I have always changed my mind when I took a SOBERING breath.

 

[BarnGoddess01]

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[mattfulleroc]

I love your naked chicken! I have two naked dogs ( a xolo ans a Peruvian).

matt

 

[LittleChicks4Me]

Hello, I am one who has always loved pets.. Growing up I've had fish, mice, birds, dogs, and backyard rabbits, a goose, ducks and a small flock bantam chickens. Then the ordinances came into town.. With the grandfather clause we were able to keep them. I grew up, married and have a home of my own. Where I now live backyard chickens are not allowed....
Why? A small flock of 4-5 would hurt no one.. Not a problem. But that is the rules and codes many home owner's must face..

Now I have discovered the tiny chicken's!! Many pet owning people, are beginning to think outside the normal box, mindset of what is considered a pet within the home besides the most common. Many Doing their research discovering, like myself and finding ways to have more interaction with their pets. Watch many videos of in home pet chickens. Sky is my favorite, with those adorable lil diaper's. Hens look very comfortable wearing them..

Not talking about back yard flocks and critter's. Those are wonderful for those allowed to have them.. But in house pets.

I am seeing it is now possible to have hens in my home, just as I did when I had a pet Rosella, cockatiels even a parrot. I have now seen pet owner's online, who have quail, a pet goose, a duck. Living and being cared for inside their home. So What defines a pet bird??? I looked up Pet bird, it is anything with feather's that is domesticated..

Making plans and getting what is needed to make this happen in my home..

Many know the enjoyment and excitement, When that special box precious eggs or chicks arrive. We love to watch and interact with them as they are growing. You see the personalities developing. You take out for supervised outdoor romps inside a safe place from hawks and allowed free roam inside the home as with a dog or cat, tuck them in to roost at night...

It's all wrapping our mind around the concept. A breeding operation is not what I am wanting. Just pet chickens in my house. But many enjoy the hobby of breeding them.. That's cool as well.

So the tiny Serama's, to me is like bringing home any other pet. Whether it is a parakeet, love bird, cockatiel or any other type of classified as a pet bird.
Many have bird rooms filled with pet birds in their home, why not small Serama chickens! I'd rather hear the cackling of hens and a little crowing rooster, than the demanding screams of much louder birds.. lol Been there, done that..

This is just my thought regarding chickens as pets in the home.. It is doable and I think it will be a wonderful experience. When I go to order my first eggs to hatch and raise. They will be my babies. Will be a spoiled and well looked after, as with all of the pets I have had.

 

[mossyroo]

Definition
By Mayo Clinic Staff
Histoplasmosis is an infection caused by breathing in spores of a fungus often found in bird and bat droppings. Histoplasmosis is most commonly transmitted when these spores become airborne, often during cleanup or demolition projects.

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This is what killed my dad and his coop was not in the house.