Blondietohell
In the Brooder
- Apr 12, 2022
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Ok guys hear me out…
I’ve searched for similar posts, and I see and agree with the general consensus on the topic of keeping a chicken as an inside pet. That’s not what this is, so please don’t think that’s what I’m trying to do.
I have the sweetest hen I’ve ever known. I adopted her from an unpleasant situation where she was being kept in a ridiculously small coop all alone. I built a massive coop with an attached chainlink run. The run has hardware cloth around the lower half and across the ceiling, with a roof. The area beneath the coop is the “dustbath” area, also surrounded by hardware cloth. I’ve taken precautions against digging predators as well. Then, I purchased 4 pullets to be her “friends”. Here’s the issue I have:
Where we live, it’s HOT. It has also been raining ever single day for at least 2 months straight. Even with the water not coming in from above, it still blows in sideways. I’ve added thick layers of mulch, but they end up being soaking wet, and the birds are mixing it all the way down to the poop/mud mixture below. The dust bath area is a puddle.
The pullets have grown, and she doesn’t love being around them. If I go outside, she wants out. The first thing she does when she hears my voice is run to the coop window. When I let her out, she coos and follows me everywhere. Yes, she even tries to cuddle.
What do y’all think of an temporary indoor aviary for her to come spend time with me inside? On days where the weather is horrible, or like right now when she’s come down with scaly mites because of the nonstop moisture in the run? She loves coming indoors, but I don’t want her to live inside full time. I want her to be a chicken. My concern is possibly being at the bottom of the pecking order when I bring her back outside. How long would it take for that to be an issue? If anyone has an indoor enclosure for their chicken to spend time in during bad weather, or just because the bird enjoys time with “their person”, what did you keep it in? She’s a full sized delaware fyi
I’ve searched for similar posts, and I see and agree with the general consensus on the topic of keeping a chicken as an inside pet. That’s not what this is, so please don’t think that’s what I’m trying to do.
I have the sweetest hen I’ve ever known. I adopted her from an unpleasant situation where she was being kept in a ridiculously small coop all alone. I built a massive coop with an attached chainlink run. The run has hardware cloth around the lower half and across the ceiling, with a roof. The area beneath the coop is the “dustbath” area, also surrounded by hardware cloth. I’ve taken precautions against digging predators as well. Then, I purchased 4 pullets to be her “friends”. Here’s the issue I have:
Where we live, it’s HOT. It has also been raining ever single day for at least 2 months straight. Even with the water not coming in from above, it still blows in sideways. I’ve added thick layers of mulch, but they end up being soaking wet, and the birds are mixing it all the way down to the poop/mud mixture below. The dust bath area is a puddle.
The pullets have grown, and she doesn’t love being around them. If I go outside, she wants out. The first thing she does when she hears my voice is run to the coop window. When I let her out, she coos and follows me everywhere. Yes, she even tries to cuddle.
What do y’all think of an temporary indoor aviary for her to come spend time with me inside? On days where the weather is horrible, or like right now when she’s come down with scaly mites because of the nonstop moisture in the run? She loves coming indoors, but I don’t want her to live inside full time. I want her to be a chicken. My concern is possibly being at the bottom of the pecking order when I bring her back outside. How long would it take for that to be an issue? If anyone has an indoor enclosure for their chicken to spend time in during bad weather, or just because the bird enjoys time with “their person”, what did you keep it in? She’s a full sized delaware fyi