House Chicken Advice Please

[tiki244]

thanks Arlee I never would have thought of that! I wrote piggies and the spam buster didnt like that. I dont know how many people heard of cavy/ies but I never have.

Speaking of timee and money luckyducky,, did you see all the accomadations I made for my chickens and now they cant use them. Thats a lot of fencing.

I feel so sad when I dont see them outside running in that beautiful yard and enjoying themselves. It was an eden for chickens.

But dont get me wrong Arlee, although I am mostly vegetarian i am not a "vegan book thumping" nut.

Just a regular gal!!!! I just want to get along.

I just cant figure why my neighbors can do illegal things but if I want to keep chickens then they say thats illegal and I CANT do it.

< Little Rant

 

[hooligan]

Well if you ever had a guinea pig, you'd know they were called cavies LoL
I used to frequent the guinealynx site but its been years since I had a gp but the cage site is awesome and it soooo easy to create cages. Right now Walmart has pink and purple cubes online. Been thinking about making my girls a purple one with a coroplast bottom so one of the dogs can have an even bigger crate to sleep in LoL

 

[cajunlizz]

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I guess the same could be said for parrots, lizards, ferrets, even fish really.

What I find really disgusting is people who let dogs & cats jump up on furniture or their beds. I have an allergy to cat dander & will not sit on a someone's couch that has cat hair on it.

My chooks DON'T have the run of the house, but do have dog crates for each of the 8 I keep in a mud room. The have an outdoor coop & run that they use when I'm around to supervise, & weather permitting.

And Hooligan is right, the coroplast sheets make great walls to keep the pine shavings in the cage.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v705/2173281/IMG_3611_hallway_cages.jpg

My chickens ARE pets, & that's why I prefer them to be safely locked up in the house with me at night.

I am NOT against someone keeping 1 or 2 chickens in a cage that is properly cleaned . BUT having several inside would be OUT of the question.


I do have a PARROT inside , BUT they are pets that are very common to be inside the house . EVERY hear of having parrots outside ? NO WAY . CHICKENS in a house /home is very unusual . KINDA like having a GOAT in a house . LOL

 

[Rhett&SarahsMom]

I know two families that have house goats and not dogs, since they are allergic to dog dander.
I also know a guy that keeps a rooster in his house. Built a really nice area for him in the basement. Takes him with him on his motorcycle trips. Big guy. I wouldnt even think of tellign him he couldnt keep a chicken as a pet, in his house.
I would definitely keep my girls(all 6 of them). In the house. And that just might happen. They might end up having indoor cages for night time use. I am attached to these little girls and dont want anything to happen to them.

 

[LittleChickenRacingTeam]

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Ummm, YES, they are called OUTDOOR AVIARIES.

Considering a parrot is a WILD tropical bird that can fly, I think keeping them indoors is not the ideal environment for them. At least with a large outdoor aviary they can enjoy some limited flight.

A chicken on the other had is considered a domesticated bird, & has been provided some type of indoor shelter for many years. Whether that that is an outdoor coop, or a cage inside a house, it's still basically a shelter from the elements & predators.

 

[fourfeathers]

Hi All,
I can definitely chime in here as I have a House Pheasant. She is in the house 24/7 and never goes outside due to the severity of her handicap. I keep her in the kitchen (yes, I know), but it is the one room with tile and is a centralized room that gets alot of traffic so she can socialize with us and her other pet friends. She prefers not to be near a window unless she is out of her cage. She is kept in a fabricated cage out of the CUBE SQUARES (wonderful items, and I ordered off Bed Bath and Beyond and put together with zip ties) and then is set on top of a card table. I put a table cloth on the card table and she is on bath towels during her time in the cage because she needs traction. I change her towel out twice a day and do alot of laundry. I have had chicks in the house until old enough to go out to the coop and did shavings at one time. The dust was unimaginable and I prefer puppy pads or towels now. A little expensive but if you have dust allergies it helps and the smell is down, too, because I clean so much.
She does have diapers. I ordered a pair from a site (you can PM me for which one) and took apart the diapers to make a pattern, then sewed to fit her. Brown Egg, Blue Egg has a different style than the one I use, but it was effective on an injured chicken I had to bring in temporarily.

I buy women's or girl swimsuits at Walmart and cut them up, use underwear elastic for the straps because it is softer and has alot of give, and then use pantyliners cut in half for the diaper inside the suit. To "dress" her, I flip her on her back in my lap and bring her legs through the diaper, flip her over and adjust the straps, then off she goes on the carpet or wherever. Once you get the sizing right, they don't slip out. I don't have her wear diapers on the linoleum, just clean up with Clorox Anywhere.
As I was sitting in my recliner last nite with Peepers on my chest resting, I thought what a Blessing she was to me and hope she lives a long life. She seems very happy, but then she knows nothing different. I wouldn't keep a chicken without a handicap indoors 100% of the time, they just enjoy the outdoors doing chicken stuff too much. With that being said, I don't know your circumstances and applaud you for bringing them in if you feel necessary and at nite for safety. If bringing them in for company, to each his own! They are wonderful company. Make sure they are parasite free though, because you will hate yourself if they bring in mites or lice! Oh, and I also have an air purifier for her area which helps.
I do have a one-legged chicken that I thought might have to come inside, but she enjoys being with her friends too much and is thus far doing fairly well in her protected coop/run.

 

[Davaroo]

Considering a parrot is a WILD tropical bird that can fly, I think keeping them indoors is not the ideal environment for them. At least with a large outdoor aviary they can enjoy some limited flight.

A chicken on the other had is considered a domesticated bird, & has been provided some type of indoor shelter for many years. Whether that that is an outdoor coop, or a cage inside a house, it's still basically a shelter from the elements & predators.

Now THAT is one of the best cases Ive ever seen made, for the house chicken.​

 

[LuannKeller]

Tractor supply carries TNT hay - timothy hay and alfalfa chopped up. It makes a nice bedding and seems to make less dust that wood shavings. They can also eat it. I put DE in the bottom before the TNT to keep the TNT from clumping. Use parrot waterers so that the birds don't spill water onto bedding. Dry bedding gives much less odor, If you stick with wood shavings you would likely want to use Aspen.

My neighbor's dog has repeated dug under fencing to kill my chickens. I want to make a deal with him, we both risk the same thing: you pet (dog) kills my pet (chicken) and he dies too. I think he would be more vigilent in keeping the demon dog contained if he did not have species prejudice that somehow values his pet higher than mine.

 

[tiki244]

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No Kidding----on one side they think at any moment they will be struck with th Avian Flu (you know which one!) The other side the dogs can do no wrong barking 24/7.

 

[tiki244]

Hooligan about 10 years ago I petted a GP / Cavy and had to go to doctor office for severe asthma reaction. This is why I know nada about GPs.

LCRT what a beautiful cage.

Guess what I found in the dumpster today? A practically brand new set of those cubes with all the little circle connecting rubbers. Black. What a find.

fourfeathers I will be emailing you for the pattern.

This is a temporary situation and will more than likely be moving to a place in the country. Although 50 ft from me IS considered country, my neighbors have a bur in their backside and want to make a fus. Never mind THEY do illegal stuff. But anyway, that many chickens in the house is just not right, I agree with you there. Remember however some are Serama and modern game bantams and Japanese(very small). The total most I have had outside is around 18-20 adult BAntAMS,,,,which I consider to be much less noisy than Standard chickens.

I wanted to say I very much appreciate all the advice and support I am getting here. Thank You so much. Keep it coming,,,the more the better.

I have lived here for 10 years and was planning on staying the rest of my life but things change.