Suitable house chickens

[Europa]

Hi everyone

I'd like to keep some chickens indoors (because I'm a crazy chicken lady!) Can anyone help me select a suitable, friendly, attractive breed for keeping indoors?
Also, do you think it would be best to buy, hatch and raise some fertile eggs rather than taming an older chicken?

 

[scratch'n'peck]

Hi,

Although I don't currently have a house chicken, there are plenty of forum members who do. Any friendly breed could be a house chicken and many choose bantam sized chickens. Silkies are popular house chickens. They are sweet and don't fly well. I think it would be best to buy it as a chick. Raising it from very young would be helpful especially if you want to train it to wear a chicken diaper. Hatching would not be necessary to form a bond with the chick, and if you hatch their can be a 50% failure rate.

Here is a link to a popular house chicken thread: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/299187/people-with-house-chickens

I'm sure they will have lots of advice there.