people with house chickens

[PBGGG]

Aww, that's adorable! How do you keep her from flying away?

 

[ronkonkoma]

Wannabe chicken owner here. I was thinking of getting chickens for a while now but felt sobad about them staying outside freezing or being out at night with all the predators and then I found this thread! I have 2 bathrooms. One is mine alone and a pretty nice size. I wouldn't mind sharing with chickens depending on the smell. Its all tile, big stand up shower so think poop clean up would be easy but do chickens in general smell? How about their feed? I'm looking into 3 silkies for the kids, hopefully to show. I wouldn't mind them running through the house but would need to make sure the cats are out at the time.

 

[fuzzybutt love]

If you build a cage with the small hardware cloth type wire you can put woodchips under them, and for house walking there are diapers you can buy, some with leash attachments!

 

[flufssilkies]

Aww, that's adorable! How do you keep her from flying away?

Well she does not fly.

 

[PBGGG]

Oh! Is it her breed, or did you clip her feathers? I wanted to do that with Finn, but im entering him in a show in a few weeks and they said he would be disqualified.

 

[Crickett]

Oh! Is it her breed, or did you clip her feathers? I wanted to do that with Finn, but im entering him in a show in a few weeks and they said he would be disqualified.

Silkies don't fly. They don't even hop very well.

 

[subhanalah]

Silkies don't fly. They don't even hop very well.

someone needs to tell the chick's that they beat the tar out if me with their wings sometimes when I try to move them (holding them by their wings is a bit more difficult, their feathers are so silkie they slip right out of that tried and true maneuver).

 

[PBGGG]

I never knew silkies don't fly! Maybe I should get a few of those!

 

[flufssilkies]

The silkies i have can fly about 2 feet and that's about it and she is very tame.

 

[subhanalah]

The silkies i have can fly about 2 feet and that's about it and she is very tame.:cd

lol, I think that's called jumping