I have mine inside at night they sleep in a round tub filled with old towels next to my bed. They wake up like clock work at 5 am and want to go outside then they spend most of the day outside dep.on weather but again right on time at 5pm they want in and will walk right into my room and climb into bed. I am freaking out tho because first time ever they are sick with a respiratory problem something and on antibiotics it has been miserable to have them wheezing with every breath in my room. I am up right now because of it. I am not taking this well at all. You sure realize real quick how much you love them. I just don't know what happened I figured with them in a back yard and inside that they would not ever get sick but they are. 2 HENS a silkie and frizzle.
Technically not supposed to be house chickens as I am making their coop for them and they are almost 10 weeks old now but I am so overly protective of them I am almost afraid to put them outside into the scary big world full of pests and predators. I am super duper predator proofing the coop and they should be moving out in a few weeks but a part of me wants to have them live in the house at night and spend the days outside in the coop. Call me crazy but my silkies are my pets and my babies and cuddle monsters who run up to me when I come home from work. It's like throwing a dog in the backyard all its life and I know people do it but gah...convince me not to build an indoor permanent night home for these buggers. Also the splash Sora likes me to call them my baby dragon and enjoys sitting on my shoulder and getting treats. They oddly enough never poo on me or poo outside their pen. Even Sora took a nap with me on my bed for 2 hours when I passed out playing video games with them in my lap and never made a mess. Just perched on my knee xD
Awww, poor babies. I have a whole emergency medical kit put together for mine just to be safe. Wound spray, treatment for mites and lice, nutri drench, and medication for respiratory infections. I also have a roll of vet wrap and pads too and blue kote. I'm ready for anything that comes my way with these little guys once they head into the big world. Working on their coop again today and putting up more hardware cloth. Next will be building the outside run.
Technically not supposed to be house chickens as I am making their coop for them and they are almost 10 weeks old now but I am so overly protective of them I am almost afraid to put them outside into the scary big world full of pests and predators. I am super duper predator proofing the coop and they should be moving out in a few weeks but a part of me wants to have them live in the house at night and spend the days outside in the coop. Call me crazy but my silkies are my pets and my babies and cuddle monsters who run up to me when I come home from work. It's like throwing a dog in the backyard all its life and I know people do it but gah...convince me not to build an indoor permanent night home for these buggers.
Also the splash Sora likes me to call them my baby dragon and enjoys sitting on my shoulder and getting treats. They oddly enough never poo on me or poo outside their pen. Even Sora took a nap with me on my bed for 2 hours when I passed out playing video games with them in my lap and never made a mess. Just perched on my knee xD
