Which chicken breed makes a good indoor bedroom pet?

[BigBlueHen53]

Leghorns because they’re a small bantam size chicken and can fit in rabbit sized cages?

Moony is joking. He loves and raises Leghorns. And no, they are not bantams.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I had five Brown Leghorns. Right from day-olds, they were different from the EEs I also got. I started hand-feeding them right away, about Day 3. The EE would come to me (tasty mealworms, yum!). The BL went nuts, flapping around to the back of the brooder, running over each other to escape the scary human. Two years later nothing had changed. When I went out every afternoon to give them scratch and worms, they flew into a blind panic, crashing into fences, slamming into the side of the coop, having obviously never seen anything as frightening as a human in their lives before.

 

[Shabby Chic-Hens]

I had an Ameraucauna hen. She loved to sit on my lap and be pet.

 

[The Moonshiner]

I had an Ameraucauna hen. She loved to sit on my lap and be pet.

*Ameraucana*

 

[AidKD]

I’m looking for a breed of chicken that doesn’t poop a lot and will stay on my lap for a long time. Would buff orpingtons be a good candidate? This will be an indoor pet.

I could be wrong, but I think that Silkies would be good for what you're wanting. You're not going to find a breed of bird that poops more or less than any other, but a good alternative to that would be a chicken diaper. You can look it up and find tons of patterns for them.

 

[NorthwoodsChick]

I accidentally got a leghorn and LOVE it. It's totally not what is described when you look them up though. The descriptions don't give them credit for how sweet they or at least mine is. This is Butters and she is a total sweetheart View attachment 3464035

Those are some squeaky clean chicken feet.

 

[NevadaEmma]

Defiantly get Rooster there temperament is sure to match what you want and they clean up after themselves said NY congress man.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I wouldn't assume OP is a troll. Perhaps s/he is wheelchair bound and likes chickens. I'd take their request seriously and give them the benefit of the doubt. The community is here to assist.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Bantams are great indoor pets and can be house trained using a litter box. I wouldn’t recommend getting anything larger than a bantam breed because of the feather and chicken dust mess but in theory any chicken can be house trained. I know they are flock birds but so are budgies. In the absence of others of their kind, you become their flock and they can still thrive socially if you give them adequate attention. The problem is that sometimes people are gone from home all day. It would help having other pets. Cats and dogs can both be trained to get along with chickens and would make good companions if you’re absent from home a lot. There is a new “chicken” breed that is even smaller than bantams. They are called Rutin Chickens even though they are not technically chickens. They are a cross between a pheasant and a quail I believe. But fully grown they are about the size of a baby chick and they lay little eggs about the size of jelly beans. Good luck and I hope you get lots of love and enjoyment out of your house chicken!

“Rutin chickens” are just button quail, they get bigger than a baby chick and their eggs are bigger than jellybeans.

 

[Shadrach]

I’m looking for a breed of chicken that doesn’t poop a lot and will stay on my lap for a long time. Would buff orpingtons be a good candidate? This will be an indoor pet.

There is nothing like experience and here on BYC someone somewhere will have some on a given topic, rather than opinions.

I have never seen a study on how much a particular breed of chicken poops.
I suspect it will depend on how much a chicken eats.

What exactly do mean by an indoor pet?
All chickens should have access to natural ground, sunlight and opportunities to forage and dust bath. Without these necessities any chicken kept in a house full time is living in similar conditions to battery chickens and generally people consider the conditions battery chickens are kept in as cruel.

If I was to have a chicken as a permenant house guest then I would pick a male (cockerel or rooster) Males tend to fare better on their own than females.

There are things you need to be aware of.
I've had chickens in my home, lots of them all at once.
However, apart from a homeless rooster or two and quite a few broody hens sitting and hatching chicks, they all had their own homes which they went to at night and they all had unrestricted access to the outside, 12.5 acres of it and were free to come and go at will.

Some homes are more suitable for "indoor" chickens than others. I had a concrete slab as a floor with a floor drain. This meant I could just throw a bucket of water and bleach on the floor daily and keep the place clean.
I spent more on time and possibly money on cleaning products, even with a solid concrete floor than I care to think about.
You may be considering chicken nappies. Really unhygienic in my view.
The dust and dander is a major problem and hoovering or sweeping up becomes a new full time hobby.

While males are likely to fare better on their own, until you've heard a rooster crow in an enclosed space at 4.30am you do not know what interrupted sleep is.

As for lap sitting...if only. Chickens in my experience are not cuddle friendly. They don't like being picked up and cuddled in general.

I think you should rethink exactly what it is you want from a pet and adjust your choice to a creature that is more suitable to what you want.

If you do decide that you want chickens in your house then get lots, male and female and be prepared to never see your family and friends again.

(this may be an advantage when it comes to family )