Maybe if your family saw tiny seramas - bred in Malaysia to be house pets. They would let you have one or two indoors. They accept confinement well and will happily sit in a chair and watch tv with you or stare at the screen when you play video games. People could easily mistake them for some kind of rare parrot. Google pictures of seramas/serama chicks you won't believe how tiny they are.
There is a video on you tube, I think called" Phillip fetches,"he is a serama rooster that actually runs and fetches rubber bands. His owners also dress up some of their birds in home made costumes. Oh well. There is a great thread on BYC called "People with house chickens." it's getting more popular every day and neighbors don't know what's going on so don't make the complaints. Seramas even can live in a large parrot cage - when not out playing.
and Welcome To BYC!
