Turning Chickens into Lap Pets?

[Northwest_Wannabe]

I agree with whats been said here, younger the better. Honestly raising chickens from babies, while cockerels happen, it really has been the best way for me personally to get friendly birds If you love cochins you may also love bantam cochins!! All that fuzzy love in a small package! Some are a little spicy, I've found mine no spicier than say an easter egger, love them <3

 

[Painted Calls]

I agree with whats been said here, younger the better. Honestly raising chickens from babies, while cockerels happen, it really has been the best way for me personally to get friendly birds If you love cochins you may also love bantam cochins!! All that fuzzy love in a small package! Some are a little spicy, I've found mine no spicier than say an easter egger, love them <3

Bantam Cochins are the best.

 

[Chickassan]

Faverolles are 190% lap chickens, never heard of any of these other breeds these guys are naming.....
But to answer your question with the right bribery tools and a ton of patience the wildest birds will eventually warm up to you but may never be a lap bird.
A lap bird is born being just that whether it knows you or not it will gravitate towards the lap it desires.
A good cuddly lap hen is just a stroke of luck you have to wait for.

 

[RebelEgger]

I’m new to chickens so I don’t know about taming an older one, but we raised all 5 of our EE and now I need a bigger lap. All 5 are lap chickens. Some demand more time than others, but all 5 love to cuddle. They even loved my co-worker when she came to visit!

 

[humblehillsfarm]

I’m new to chickens so I don’t know about taming an older one, but we raised all 5 of our EE and now I need a bigger lap. All 5 are lap chickens. Some demand more time than others, but all 5 love to cuddle. They even loved my co-worker when she came to visit!

Ugh ALL of them are lap chickens That’s amazing. Chickens are the best.

 

[Lilokieescorter]

One of my lap Chicks

 

[RebelEgger]

Ugh ALL of them are lap chickens That’s amazing. Chickens are the best.

I just don’t know why I didn’t so this sooner. They are the best! I love them

 

[RojoMarz]

Beyond breed, individual chicken temperament has a bearing. We have Buff Orp, Light Brahma and Rhode Island Red. BO is friendly, but sorta 'stand offish', LH's are friendly, but always the 'one at the back of the room, trying to be invisible'. One RIR can't be bother with me, expect when I have meal worms. The other RIR is my lap chicken.

 

[Duck mommy 2019]

So my son and I incubated 3 cochins earlier this year. We spent a lot of time taming them once hatched and they were the sweetest....all three ended up being roosters! They would jump onto my shoulder, run to me when they heard me.... we had them for 3 months before we found them all good homes.

My son and I really want that bond again.... but if we risk getting baby chicks we risk a bad roo ratio and being heart broken again....

There are some 9 week old Easter Eggers available near us, and some from a few days old up to a few weeks old, we could get a few and he said if they are roos we can bring the roos back... they are all unsocialized and wild right now. He said we can wait a month and come back when he knows which ones are pullets...

Will we be able to tame 3 month olds that have been running wild?

Another woman near us has some mixed hens a few months old, an EE and an Amaracuana I'd be interested in, but they are completely untamed/trained as well....

Just looking for some opinions.....thoughts? Would it be possible to tame them over time? I know not all personalities want to be held or petted .... but would it be more likely to get that bond again with chicks?

Thanks

you should’ve kept the three roosters, as long as you do not have hens they would have been fine (except for small fights)

 

[Loralye]

I’m new to chickens so I don’t know about taming an older one, but we raised all 5 of our EE and now I need a bigger lap. All 5 are lap chickens. Some demand more time than others, but all 5 love to cuddle. They even loved my co-worker when she came to visit!

Thanks for all the wonderful advice guys. I would have love to keep my roos but it's a no rooster property I have a couple of silkies that I raised with my cochins, they aren't lap pets exactly, but if I pick one up and say it's cuddle time they don't object too much. I just miss my boys so much, it isn't the same....

Here's a photo of my cuddly roos before I rehomed them.

Here are the two pullets I'm adopting tomorrow, one EE and a golden lace Wyandotte/EE mix. 11 weeks old and 14 weeks I'm excited, lap pets or not in the end, it will be awesome to get to know them and see their personalities...

I'm also working with 2 leghorns that are in quarentine currently, 14 months old, raised in horrible conditions forced into a molt by starvation, someone took them from the farm that was going to "toss them in the chipper" then I bought them from those guys....they are terrified of hands because all they've ever known is being grabbed. They will take a lot of love and patience, my current goal is for them to eat treat out g ny hand.