Full time house Chicken

[al6517]

Chickens are barnyard animals and don't make good house pet's, some people do keep them indoors but it isn't fair to the chicken. They are messy and will stink no matter what others say. Just forget the whole idea as the others have stated, but my guess is you will do what you feel is right, good luck whatever you choose but I hope you choose a dog or cat first.

AL

 

[mistyfeather]

i know of someone that has two house silkies, but if you have a fenced yard why not build a small chicken tractor for 4-5 hens , you can move them around in the tractor and it is close to free ranging but safer if your fence is short but MUCH better for chickens then being cooped in a house and only going out once a week

 

[RocketDad]

I have one hen who insists on coming into the house to visit.

She poops on the floor every time.

She also wanders into the trailer in the back yard I use for an office if I leave the door open. She jumps onto my desk and knocks over the multimeter and soldering iron.

I love her, and I think it's cute that she wants to come in and visit, but I chase her out after a few minutes.

 

[Mrs. K]

I think that there might be health issues for you and your pets, especially if there are several pets kept in one room for any length of time. I do not like the idea of diapers as manure is filled with germs that the chicken needs to get out of and away from her body. Even well kept human babies get diaper rash, and I do not think that you would be changing the diaper as often as a human caretaker, cause you will be at work.

I think that you thought that you would get some support here, as these people are chicken lovers, but I do hope that you consider their advice. As a landlord, I wanted my tenets to be happy, and I did let them have a small dog or cat. However, when you own a building, there is considerable money tied up in it, and you do not want it damaged or ruined. Too many indoor pets cause a great deal of damage. It may not seem like that to you, but then it is not YOUR house.

mk

 

[Laurajean]

There is a whole thread about house chickens on here, but I'm trying to remember where I saw it. I think it was under "Stories about your chickens" or something to that effect.

 

[Loddie Da]

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I seriously doubt any landlord even thinks about pets including chickens when they say pets are allowed. Despite what some people (not me) on this board think, to the majority of people (me included) chickens are farm livestock.

Thanks.

Yes, My lease let's me have pets, but in most peoples eyes Chickens are not thought of as such. But she knows I have The Parakeets & a Cat & Doves/Pigeons who will be shipped to me. She also knows I'm getting Dogs (been on a wait list 3 years in contact with the breeder for 5 years...The breed is Briard & they are over 75lbs.) & English Angora rabbits & Quail. Now She ask a few questions about the quail (how big are they, where do I plan on keeping them ect. & I told her they fit in the palm of your hand & I use then to clean the bottom of my Doves/Pigeons flights & she said that was okay for me to have) So that's about 30 or so animals, most of which are the Doves & Pigeons. After the Chickens I'm done...really have no want to get much of anything else.

But I didn't bring up the peeps out of fear? IDK.


My new house is a 4 bedroom 2.5 bath, I have a 2 year lease with the op. to buy if I want.

It is a 2008 reno. house & built in the early 90's, So I was going to use the bedroom like this:
1. Mine
2. Guest
3. Animal safe plants, Doves, Pigeons & Quail
4. Chickens & Rabbits

The half bath also going to be a wintering plant room, Since I live alone.
I could also finish finishing the basment (half finished) if I bought the house as well as fix the fence, but only if I buy it in a few years & then I'd do something with turning one of the garages into a coop that way they are still safe in the house & yet outside all at the same time.

I guess what I am saying is I'd like some little country life with all the city perks....

But the covered porch is going to be use as a garden place aswell & the back deck will have a small playhouse coop, But with the fence being only 4' I don't feel safe leaving the birds out unless I'm home & out their with them or have the door open. Which I can be at home 3-4 days a week with them. But I can't build anything bigger then 200 square feet with out getting a permit & the landlord dose not want me to kill the grass or build anything outside that's hard to move unless it adds value to the house. Plus I like having the birds inside with me where they are safe & can live without things trying to eat them & bugs drinking up their blood in a nice house 70F +/- all year round.

& Chickens are only livestock/farm animals b/c we say they are, I mean people keep dogs, cats, rabbits, Parrots as pets in the USA but they are animals & wild animals too & some of our pets in this country we haven't had domesticated no where near as long as we have poultry. & plus if you get Chicks as day olds they are only 3-4 days when they get to you, you can either raise them as pets or as barn birds, taming them down isn't hard at all in you start from day one, it's not like a 3 day old chick knows any better it's all in how you raise them & the breed...I'd need some not as flighty breeds. The Malaysian serama most popular pet in Malaysia, even over cats 7 dogs.



I'm just worried I guess b/c how many people keep city/subaruen peeps?

& If I were walking to chooks & a dog came up, I'd pick up the chicken, until we walked past.

I got the permit that let's me have more then 2 Dogs already. & the Cat will be an Inside outside cat & the Dogs, Bunnies & Chookies will have full run of the house, The only time I will cage them is when I'm not home to watch them, so I'd either put them in their cage or in the room ect. The Pigeon may be able to free fly if all gose well.

But I love to clean, I even bleach my Parakeet's cage down daily & change they papper in the morning & before I go to bed most days but not all. Cat boxes are scooped after each use which is about 5 times a day & emptied out every night & I vacum & mop everyday, So the diapers which I am faithfull on emptying them out when I scoop the cat or when I smell something is not hard for me, since I use panty liners & enjoy cleaning. But having them wear the diapers all the time & the health of that is a good point. but I keep a clean house & the animals poo & feather/fur is not a problem.

....I guess I am saying I am going to get a few Chicks, prob. all pullets? what is the best way to have them with out building something outside/killing grass & still be able to have them in the house atleast after dark, with out putting them in harms way or telling the whole block/world "I have Chickens." I don't mind the people nextdoor or even a house or 2 down knowing, I bet their kids would love it, but I just don't want to be the unpermitted petting zoo who's coop is closer then 50' away from a house. The landlord is a nice person but I just don't think she thought the "Larger Pets Welcome!" included fowl, or that it even passed her mind.

I'm most likely going to get one of each color/breed of something like Silkies, Saramas, Bantam ture Ameraucana, Bantam Frizzled Polish ect. the very cute little guys, most people don't think of when they hear the word Chicken. I hope they will see the Silkie as a walking cotton ball...lol, if I get a while one I know I'm going to get SQ so that should be easy enough.

I just want to know the best way to turn a 2,489sq. (basment not incul.) house into a place wear I can have my pets & everyone be happy.


~Della~

 

[Buugette]

Here's the house chicken thread... https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=299187

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[billfields]

Why not just move to a place where you can have a flock chickens in the backyard where they and you will be happier?

 

[Loddie Da]

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Thank you.


~Della~

 

[FiveHens]

Chickens are messy. I also don't think doing the walks would be such a great idea. They're one of those animals that just doesn't move at your speed...they'd rather just sit around and peck. I would say don't have that many (2-3) and give them total control of the backyard, which you can make interesting for them. If you want house chickens, I would say only a few...why not rent/buy a different place with a big backyard where they're legal? However, if you have a few and they're in the house, you can call them pets.