Well, for my two little house chickens, putting them in my flock of standards would have been a death sentence or at the very least, a disaster. That would be wrong. They are bantam SF's and are very docile. I tried and it soon became clear that they would not survive in my flock. Since it was the end of October and too late to start a new coop project I decide to build an indoor coop with my neighbor's help. We build a box of plywood (2.5x5 ft) with a hinged top and left over hardwarecloth on the top and the front side. An old wooden Canada Dry Ginger Ale crate was put in one end as a nesting box and the top is their roost. Add pine shavings and it was home all winter. I used a pail and a small cat litter scoop to clean out the poops which I dumped into my garden.
When I get home for work I let them out to get some exercise and a treat. They are out for 1 to 2 hours and , yes, they poop on the floor. I clean up with tiolet paper and flush it and than use a disinfectant wipe on the floor. In the evening I also let them out again and we watch T.V. and share an orange. Our favorite show was " Ice Road Truckers".
They were alot less work than my outside chickens and horse. This spring I'm was working on a Lowe's playhouse coop as their summer home. However other chickens needed it so they are still inside and as happy and spoiled as two little chickens can be. I do eat their eggs, very good but small.
Oh, tried the diapers, Sophie and Lacey, I swear, turned into NINJAS. OMG, I had never seen them move that fast, they were a tangled mess in a few minutes. I actually think the diapers ( or AFECU's
)that I got would work if modified a little.
