house chickens

It's starting to seem like one of my big girls is a rooster... Living within city limits, I can't have more than 4 hens, which, a rooster is perfect as it sets me at 4 hens and 1 rooster! But... I don't think I'm allowed to have a rooster within city limits, or at least within the proximity to...

3 years ago I got a call from a friend to pick up a stray chicken who was unclaimed and soon to be euthanized by the vet. While I was watching the video of this mystery chicken, I just knew there was something special about her. My mum and I drove 40 minutes each way to pick her up. When I...

I went and got chicks over the objections of my partner, who has a dozen projects at this house that he feels should be higher priority. Now that they are here, he adores them, of course. He especially loves the little Black Australorp, whom he calls White Butt. He is a perfectionistic finish...

Mystery solved!! I am very happy and proud to announce that my baby girl just laid her first egg!!!!! August is an Olive Egger hen!! <3

Hello to my fellow House Duck Keepers! Let's start a thread for us! Everything house poultry related. Anyone can join in from a partial house duck owner, previous house duck owner or current house duck owner! Chickens and all poultry indoor keepers too! Tips, questions, pictures EVERYTHING! How...

so im raising two silkies as house pets, and this wouldn't be an issue since i'm home 24/7 (i work from my desk) so i can take care of them usually, but in january we're taking a family trip to disney world for a week and obviously i cant take my silkies with me. the pet safari down the road...

I've had to keep various chickens in the house over the years, and during that time I've tried chicken diapers with various but have experienced nothing but failure. The ones I got came from MyPetChicken. The problems are two-fold: first, the diaper always seems to sit just below the vent. No...