Flying with Chicken?

[PrimFrizzle]

Aloha! Moving from Hawai’i to the Mainland and trying to bring my silkie with me. Does anyone have experience/suggestions for traveling with a chicken by plane? Most airlines prohibit non-household birds (farm poultry) but she is an indoor chicken for the most part. Please help!

 

[Kiki]

Welcome to BYC.
Have you contacted the airline you plan on using for the trip yet?

 

[HuffleClaw]

Welcome to the BYC flock! thanks for joining!

 

[SueT]

Welcome to BYC! From what I've read chickens are not allowed on any airlines.
If you find different, let us know.

 

[PrimFrizzle]

Welcome to BYC.
Have you contacted the airline you plan on using for the trip yet?

Hoping to make some phone calls today, willing to change airlines for her.

 

[BrindleFinch]

If you're going to be traveling by air and can't find an airline that will take her, perhaps you could try contacting any boats making the journey and see if they could ship her over? Or maybe you could take a boat yourself?

I would try contacting a site like My Pet Chicken (MPC) and seeing if anyone can help you. Normally they answer questions about shipping chickens to people, but hatcheries/hatchery outlets would know more about the specific laws you'd need to know and exactly how to do it.

USPS also ships live birds... but man that seems so scary.

Welcome to BYC, and I hope you find a solution.

 

[PrimFrizzle]

Welcome to the BYC flock! thanks for joining!

Thank you, been a long time watcher but never a member!

 

[The Phantom]

United and delta ship birds.

 

[The Phantom]

They may not be able to fly with you but they take pretty much any exotic bird.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I believe Alaska airline would accommodate in crate under you seat
sorry missed the Welcome to you where in the mainland do you intend to settle if I may ask