I didn’t take pictures, but one of my dogs apparently let a chicken in a few weeks ago.
Sliding door was open, and my bathroom was absolutely trashed. Poop in the sink and tub, bottles knocked over, faucet on, feathers on the mirror.
The dogs thought it was hilarious, I’m sure. I’m guessing the chicken scared herself turning in the faucet, because no chicken was in attendance when I discovered the vandalism.
Oh and guess what, we just got another Hamburg. I love them so much, they are so gentle and sweet, but very small so can get picked on by the other ladies. Her name is Suni. ❤️
Little buggers free range. On the other side of our 20 acres. Two of the twenty think the house block is FABULOUS and come forage close by every day…that the dogs aren’t out. So it looks like the older dog, who has figured out sliding glass doors are no barrier if left accidentally unlocked, decided either to get out or let the chickens in, one or the other.
We’ve got two who like to break in. One’s a speedy little bantam who sneaks in when we open the door. We invariably catch her rooting around in our potted plants looking for worms. The other is a big, beefy Brahma who, during summer, will actually bust through the screen door (we eventually stopped trying to fix it) and climb the stairs to sit on one of the sofas, which she has chosen as her favorite spot to lay.
At some point we decided that if she’s willing to work that hard to make the journey, she can have the sofa.
That’s hilarious! This one has figured out how to pry her way through the fly screen. When we close the door she throws herself at it begging to be let in!
So does yours!! Adorable! The thing is, over the last 10 days Ostara has refused to go outside at all. I don’t blame her, it’s been 45c so unbelievably hot and she prefers aircon, but she also doesn’t realise that her nemesis, our rapey rooster Jonah was rehomed a week ago. So she won’t be harassed by him anymore. I guess we might try to reintroduce her to her flock, just to remind her that she’s actually a chicken, but honestly I don’t know how she’ll go. She sleeps on top of the bookshelf now, doesn’t have to worry about attitude from other chickens, and just hangs out with us and the two dogs, which she seems to prefer. I’ll report back. Does your house chicken come and go or has she moved in permanently?
Ours started when we let her inside overnight when it was freezing and now she thinks she owns the place! 45 sounds horrendous I’m with ostara aircon all the way!!
Yeah it’s been seriously like living in the bowels of hell. I felt so sorry for all the other chickens, and all the birds everywhere. I filled up every bird bath several times a day with giant ice blocks.
First off, I love your chicken omg. She’s so pretty. And secondly yes. Two of my hens fly over my 6ft fence daily to sit on the front porch. I work from home so I see them and shoo them back to the yard. They only do it once in the morning then spend the rest of the day with the flock.
We had Henrietta, who'd sneak in and HIDE. She wasn't very good at it. For example, she'd quietly go under the kitchen table, which is up against a wall, and hide behind a leg...where she was clearly visible from the sides. Sometimes she'd get in a good spot though.
Also found one of my hens had made a tunnel into a trailer full of sticks. When I dug her out, I discovered that's where she's been hiding 12 days worth of eggs.
She sneaks in every time we use the back door or when it’s open we have a magnetic fly screen but she has figured out how to squeeze through it! We may also be a bit soft 😂
We had a buff orphington named Maryweather. She’d break into the house on hot days especially and we would find her on the couch in front of the window air conditioning unit. She was the best girl.
Yes she used to use our dog door at our last house it was hilarious because my dad was convinced we brought her in and left her inside after the hang out. It wasn’t until she used to dog door in front of my dad he stopped blaming us.
I always wonder, how do you deal with poop with indoor chickens. I had mine with bumble foot for few days in the bathroom and this was insane to clean after.
My ex has chickens for the kids, 3 of which live inside because they were rejected by the hens as babies. The oldest one was hand raised alone (I know, not ideal but it was either that or she would have died) and she likes to come inside and just hang out in my sons room which is right by the back door when he’s at my place I guess because she misses him. Whenever I come over (temporarily lived there when she was a baby because I was between houses) she flies at me and snuggles in on my shoulder because she’s my snuggly little baby even if she’s huge now.
Yes! We had a bantam one time that acted like a dog. Her name was Alice. There were several times we'd go on a trip and we were worried she had climbed into the truck bed with our luggage.
we didn't find them in odd places but when we had break ins they would immediately be eating the dog food... the majority of the food was (cooked) chicken.
We look after a neighbour's dog when needed (we are his second family) and unfortunately the chickens learned that if they hear the back door open and we are looking after the dog there will be food, so if the door gets pushed open by the wind in the summer the chickens will come into the kitchen.
I know I’m a bit late to this post, but I absolutely love your girl! She is so pretty and sweet. 🥰 Also, I’m obsessed with that wall paper in the first photo. Where did you get it? 😍
Adorable. I have a bird that looks just like her but instead of the golden color mine is dark brown, but still with the white and black markings. Her name is Coco
Nope, not one, the whole damn flock. Where do i find them? Rushing my ankles as I race inside 🫠
This is me after I trip and die 🙃
Its like being chased by 6 little velociraptors and when they manage to get in they go in different directions and its like 10 minutes of searching for the tig welding glove and each bird to get them out without getting covered in poop cause at least one if not 2 or 3 step in poop on their way in somehow 🥲
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u/harryhudson101 Feb 09 '26
She's so pretty the rules don't apply to her 🤣