Hi. I have a question about keeping a chicken in the house. Was she diapered? Litter trained? How did that work? Thanks.

@@yzettasmith4194 great question! You can go about it multiple ways. As you mentioned, some people use the diapers for indoor chickens, and they work well; however, they require constant cleaning, as chickens poop A LOT😅! It’s also especially difficult with breeds like Silkies since their elaborate feathers can get very messy with the poop from the diapers if you’re not careful. Sofia, my Splash Silkie Bantam, suffered from severe brain damage, so she could not walk or really move when I first brought her in. Once she got lord of special food I made for her, vitamins, and other supplements, she began to attempt walking. She never fully walked again, but she learned how to hop😂! She’d great us whenever we came home like any other beloved pet, and she loved watching tv with me, cuddling on the couch, and she even got to help pass out candy during Halloween (she was a hit with the kids as you could imagine). In regards to her using the bathroom, we didn’t use diapers because she sat down often, so her rear would’ve been a huge mess to manage. Especially with those cloaca poops, I wouldn’t want to clean that diaper😅😖! Sofia actually did a great job pooping on her designated floor towels we set around the living room for her to spend the day on, as she began hopping out of her pen when she started improving (the sides were low, so it wasn’t like she hurdled a massive barrier). Honestly, if you have room in your home, you can put a coop with a breed such as a Silkie Bantam in your home and they’d be fine, as long as they were properly cared for! Sofia loved corn, bologna, various bugs from Rural King, and her wet feed (a great “treat” that chickens love is if you let their dried food soak in water for a little bit, and then feed it to them; they LOVE it, and it actually makes the food tastier, and more nutritious because they digest it easier). I knew people who had indoor Silkie Bantams, and they were well-trained and super friendly! Even their rooster was a gentleman, but he still crowed every now and again which annoyed his owners😅. Sofia lived 8 months in our house before she began having seizures one night and passed away😢. I miss her terribly, but I’m grateful for the time I had with her. She was truly the sweetest little chicken I could’ve ever hoped to know, and I would do it all over again in a heartbeat!

@@KyleKaiser7 It's touching the care you gave a being that probably most people would have thrown away. Thank you for explaining how her situation worked. I grew up with chickens as a kid so I know about the very frequent poops; our front porch was a disaster! LOL. That's what had me a little puzzled that people would keep them in the house...

@@yzettasmith4194 I get it. I actually just brought my Silver Laced Wyandotte hen, Diamond, inside because she was bullied by the other girls to the point she hid under a bag of shavings that was pinning her down. I believe it made her legs and back weak, and probably fall asleep, so I brought her in for some TLC for the next few days. She’s walking a little better, but still not very well. She gets bullied because she’s blind in her right eye, so I’ve worked with her a ton. All of our chickens are friendly with humans and come when they’re called by their names, but Diamond is just a little extra “special” I guess. She’s like a puppy dog, following me everywhere I go😅🥰! I set her up in an enclosure so she can move around, but also be comfortable and relax while she recovers. Chickens are the closest living relatives to the T-Rex, so it’s no wonder they have such a vicious streak☹️…