Keeping pet chickens is in vogue all of a sudden. More people in town are keeping chickens in their backyards as a recessionary hedge, and a reliable food source. The logic is that building a chicken coop and keeping a hen or two in the yard could be a real asset if the economy continues to go downhill. As long as you don’t actually eat your pets you could have a nutritious, renewable food source for hard times.

If you have decided to raise poultry at home one of the first decisions you need to make is “how many birds can I have?” Most importantly, the number of backyard chickens you keep as pets, and the way you accommodates them depends to a large extent on where your home and what kind of facilities you have at your disposal.

Let’s see, we’ve talked about the advantage these days of having pet chickens, and I also talked about space and environmental considerations.  Now let’s talk about some of the more important aspects of keeping and caring for pet chickens.

The number one concern that I am always asked about by folks who want pet chickens is “What should I do for a coop?” or “How do I build a chicken coop?”

It is late November 2010 and these girls were born in late July 2009. This is their first mature molt. Fewer eggs have been laid and they are much more skittish.

I was kinda bored and lonely, so I made a chicken coop and bought all there needs. There almost 12 weeks old. Anyways every night Id have the heat lamp and light in the coop does that irritate them?

My chickens eating soup! They are being quite civil in this… normally they frantically run around trying to steal food from each other. Perhaps it is because of the storm (hence the noisy wind in the video) that is making their little adaptive brains be more congenial.

My Non winter hardy chicken needs a friend for the winter. I live in MA and need shipping to be there. MYPETCHICKEN will not ship to my location. I can not get more than three (parents) and i can get any breeds. Thanks! and if anyone knows wht degreese a non winter hardy chicken should be heated plese tel me

These are our Cochin and Easter Egger mixed chicks. They are about 13 weeks old. Please leave a comment if you also have this mix, we have been looking for others like them. We got them off a lady on Craigslist that had the most beautiful barnyard mixes I have ever seen.

they are now really big but have the same looks bad comments will be deleted

our dog Qaila eats raw chicken every day for food. we also have pet chickens that we allow to roam around our yard. i noticed that they did this a few months ago, but i have not filmed it until now. the chickens were in no danger. Qaila has never tried to hurt them before, and until that happens, we will not try to separate them. I am sorry if i offended any animal lovers with this video. i did not encourage this behavior. it just….. happened…. this was filmed by my brother.

Where do your eggs come from…..mine come from the backyard.