Indoor chicken coop

Rooster666

In the Brooder
Mar 1, 2018
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I have designed and built an indoor bird aviary. The dimensions are 5 feet tall, 2 feet deep and 4 feet wide. It has two doors on each ends. And there is a 36” LED light in its ceiling for UVB lighting.


I am going to keep in it either one of the following options:

• two silkie hens

• one normal sized hen with a plush hen as a friend

• two bantam hens


I work Monday to Friday eight hours a day. During my work times the hen(s) will reside in the aviary. During my home hours the hen(s) will wear Avian Fashion’s chicken diaper and is free to roam the house: http://www.flightquarters.com/bird-diapers/category/chickens.html


Any feedback or comments? What bedding is best recommended inside my aviary?


Please note: The diamond dove and potted plant in the photo have been relocated.
 
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That's a very nice bird cage, but it makes me think of smaller birds, like parakeets, not chickens.

Certainly anything is possible, and my head probably isn't in the right place since my birds free range, but it seems it would be a very unnatural sort of life for birds, who usually spend all their time pecking the ground eating grass and insects.

In addition, changing diapers on a chicken wouldn't be something I'd sign up for either, it's going to be a ton of work overcoming all the inherent problems incumbent in something so artificial in nature. What's going to be on the floor and sides of your cage isn't going to be pretty, or smell good either.

But it's definitely possible, with enough work, but I definitely wouldn't trade places with you.

Have you considered smaller birds more suitable for indoor habitation? Less poop too.

Maybe I'm wrong, but it seems to me, this could literally turn into a stinking mess.

Good luck though, whatever you decide, maybe my thinking is too conventional.
 
I have a rule here and that is, no live chickens in the house! They make a lot of dust and dander. I know, I tried to raise them in the mud room for 8 weeks the first time around and that was no fun at all. However, if that is what you intend to do I would go for the smallest of bantams and give them a cage that is at least 10 square feet per bird. That is just my opinion though.

Good luck!
 
Macaws are larger than seramas. Some people have macaws indoors. Can anybody explain why a macaw can stay inside the house while a Serama can’t? I understand hens are egg layers and therefore poop more, but if I get a Serama rooster would it poop less since it doesn’t lay eggs? By the way if I choose a Serama rooster it will wear a Velcro no crow collar.
 
Have you ever owned a chicken? I just can't imagine keeping one in my house, especially if I was not at home. Chickens are curious and get into everything. Mine also love laying in the sun and digging in the dirt. I would think long and hard and do a lot more research before venturing into that undertaking. Just my opinion, like I've always said " it looks good from my house "
 
As a crazy chicken freak, let me just say that I love and admire this idea. I have often wondered if I could keep a chicken inside the house, and as stinky as it got, I think I actually miss when they lived in the brooder in the spare room as chicks. That being said, chickens are truly outdoor creatures. They dig in the ground, bathe in the sun, and wear their nails down by scratching around in dirt. They hunt, catch and eat pretty much anything unfortunate enough to enter the coop. They poop all day and all night, all over anything they can land on. I think my desire to have the chickens inside is more for me, than for them. I just don't think they would be genuinely happy. Please keep us posted, as I would love to know how this works out. Perhaps you could get bantam breeds, or a different type of bird, as others have suggested?
 
I don't know anything about Macaws but I grew up with a small conure. My mother still has it too. It does not take dust baths and stuff like that so it does not throw off as much noticeable dirt and dander that I could think of. My chickens roll in the dirt and flap it everywhere. If they don't have dirt they will roll in whatever is there. They scratch at stuff and throw it all about too.

I think it is not so much a matter of ability..
 

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