Ok. I'm a weird chicken keeper.

[dunnmom]

After being on BYC for over 2 years, I've come to the conclusion that I'm a weird chicken keeper. I do so many things differently than a lot of you.

A lot of the way I keep my girls comes from my childhood. I was raised around indoor birds, and a lot of them. Parrots, parakeets, cockatiels, cockatoos, macaws, finches, etc. I regard my chickens as pets, and having outdoor birds is so different, yet in many ways not so different.

It is every bit as rewarding!

 

[Kiki]

Do you keep your chickens indoors too, is that what you mean by different?

 

[dunnmom]

No, I don't keep them inside. It's just that I tend to fuss over them the way I would over indoor birds. I clean their coop almost as often as I would clean a bird cage, and a few other quirks. It's hard to break that habit of wanting to keep everything clean and efficient all of the time.

 

[Kiki]

No, I don't keep them inside. It's just that I tend to fuss over them the way I would over indoor birds. I clean their coop almost as often as I would clean a bird cage, and a few other quirks. It's hard to break that habit of wanting to keep everything clean and efficient all of the time.

I like to clean often too!
Not weird at all.

 

[Kateslittleladies]

So why do you think yourself "weird"? I clean my birds out as soon as necessary, I give them treats most days, they have always got clean water and I say thank you to them when I collect their eggs. If that makes me weird then I guess I am, but its just how I like to treat them.

 

[dunnmom]

I know I shouldn't be so freaked out over the prospect of deep litter method, but I'm afraid of it going wrong and making them sick. Our coop is small and even with a ton of ventilation, I can still smell the ammonia if I don't clean at least every 3 weeks.

 

[Kiki]

3 weeks!?
I clean coop weekly.

LOL
I might be a little more weird than you.

 

[MROO]

Does this mean I don't need to be embarrassed to tell people that I have three roosters in my back room? Or that one of them wears a diaper and gets along just fine with the cats? Or that they go out for walks or to visit classrooms on leashes? I have "outside chickens," too. Does that redeem me ... even just a little? (giggle, giggle ... buh-bawk!)

 

[dunnmom]

There's just so many differences in the way we all manage our chickens. Sometimes, I just feel like a weirdo.

 

[Kiki]

There's just so many differences in the way we all manage our chickens. Sometimes, I just feel like a weirdo.

Join the club....It's ok!
I promise we are all a little weird.