Welcome to BYC!! Thanks for joining! @FortCluck has a beautiful Jersey Giant boy! Yours sounds like a real charmer! Hope you find what works for you as far as housing for him!
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FortCluck
Purple Minion Wrangler
I had 2 but just rehomed 1 because he wasn't working with our flock.
I'm not sure how it'll work having a big rooster like that in the house, but make sure those diapers hold a lot of feces. They poop in LARGE amounts!
I've never heard of someone litter training a rooster or a chicken, but it's worth a shot.
I'm not sure how it'll work having a big rooster like that in the house, but make sure those diapers hold a lot of feces. They poop in LARGE amounts!
I've never heard of someone litter training a rooster or a chicken, but it's worth a shot.
Hi! Welcome to the BYC! I am the chicken tender and coop cleaner at my place, and that is enough info to dissuade me from any sort of indoor chicken. Nope. Not even a visit. But, if you want to do that, I think diapers are the way to go. Seems like that will be a big mess too. Seems to me that you would have to give him a bath every time you change it. And if you don't change it often, your house will stink. I like the idea of getting a few hens and building a proper outdoor coop and run.
Well, I don't mean to be so negative. I know a lot of people do not feel the way I do about it, and they feel the benefits of that special chicken in the house outweighs the work it would entail. So good luck! I do hope it works out for you if you try it.
Well, I don't mean to be so negative. I know a lot of people do not feel the way I do about it, and they feel the benefits of that special chicken in the house outweighs the work it would entail. So good luck! I do hope it works out for you if you try it.
FortCluck
Purple Minion Wrangler
And just to show how big they get... This is Squatch with a normal sized barred rock hen. He is only 8 months old and he still has some growing to do. They don't stop growing until 2 years old. The first year they build their frame and the second year they start getting their mass.
So you'll want a coop he can get into. They're very tall.
So you'll want a coop he can get into. They're very tall.
FortCluck
Purple Minion Wrangler
Also is he your only chicken?
I ask because chickens are a flock animal and like to have others like them around. They aren't like other domesticated birds like parrots or parakeet's.
I ask because chickens are a flock animal and like to have others like them around. They aren't like other domesticated birds like parrots or parakeet's.
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Welcome to BYC
Welcome to our FUN-omenal community! 
Best wishes and have Lots of FUN!
Best wishes and have Lots of FUN!
YouTube has videos on making diapers out of socks and brassieres. One even has room for a disposable cup to catch the mess. A prefabricate coop can be assembled inside the house, as can a dog crate with a baby play fence or puppy fence, then covered with a sheet to keep him in.
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and Welcome to Backyard Chickens.
and Welcome to Backyard Chickens.
Hi and welcome to BYC We're so happy you've decided to join us 
We're so happy you've decided to join us 
