potty training baby chicks: how to do it? and is it possible?

[ich-knut]

Has anyone tried to potty train their baby chicks? I like to give my baby chicks lots of freedom to roam but I don't want them to poop everywhere. They are bantams.

 

[Southernbelle]

I've never seen or heard of it done.

The general trend for house chickens is chicken diapers. If you use the search button and type in chicken diapers you should see how those work. Personally, I prefer keeping all the chicks and chickens in the great outdoors - self cleaning

 

[agnes_day]

yeah..i put diapers on my little silkies and it was pretty disgusting, trying to clean them up. never again!!

 

[mayapooh]

This is slightly ot, but my Serama, which I keep in a cage in my living room, potty trained himself. LOL I used to find piles underneath his perch every morning, and gradually they got smaller and smaller, until one day nothing. I rarely have to clean the cage anymore, but unless I rush him outside when I let him out in the morning, he'll let go a giant poo on the carpet. *sigh*

 

[SheeReno]

I actually want to say that there is a thread floating around here on this very subject. It was a few pages long and I didn't go through the end to see if there was some sort of HHAHAHAHA GOTCHA moment, but what I read about seemed like making up some sort of simple simple call that you do when the chicks poo.

You anticipate when they will go and you plcae them on the towel or whatnot and make the call. I guess they eventually get it. If it all ended up being a joke, I'll end up feeling like a massive fool. But if not, hell I say give it a go!

 

[SeramaLife]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=125001

 

[ich-knut]

Thanks for the reply and the link. I am going to try it out even if my chickens are a little older. I have corn on the cob that they love.

This link will show you the chickees that I am talking about and trying to train.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=38480

 

[Chris623]

"Potty training" a chicken is probably a lot like potty training a cow!

....................a total waste of time.