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If you have a house pet chicken or are planning on getting one you need to see the hidden dangers in your house that could harm your pet chicken.
Chickens (particularly Bantams) make great house pets if you only have one or two but there are things you need to do to protect your house pet chicken-hidden dangers in your house that may seem harmless to you. Here is a list of things to look out for:
Open toilet lids-If allowed to freely roam your house your pet chicken may try to jump up on the toilet. One day I came home from work to find Ozzie my pet rooster missing. "I looked everywhere and could not find him, I looked indoors and outdoors and Ozzie was nowhere to be found. I got on the phone to call someone to come help me look for him, panic over took me as I screamed his name and yet he did not come. He always meets me at the door when I arrive home from work. I went to use the bathroom and had I not looked down I wouldn't have seen the young roo stranded in the toilet. He was chest deep in toilet water and could not get out! If it had been cold or if he had landed head first, Ozzie would have been no more. He was freezing cold, I had to dry him with a blow dryer on low to get him dry as fast as possible. He acted listless for two days but then made a full recovery. Be sure to keep your toilet lids closed and bathroom doors shut-one mistake and you could lose your pet chicken.".--Motherhen
Make sure baby chicks are put up when doing dishes-It only takes a second for a baby chick to jump into your dishpan. Baby chicks will die quickly if they get wet and cold.
Any container with water or other fluids in it can be a danger to your chickens if it is large enough for them to jump into and if it is other fluids they could be poisonous to your chickens.
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Open toilet lids-If allowed to freely roam your house your pet chicken may try to jump up on the toilet. One day I came home from work to find Ozzie my pet rooster missing. "I looked everywhere and could not find him, I looked indoors and outdoors and Ozzie was nowhere to be found. I got on the phone to call someone to come help me look for him, panic over took me as I screamed his name and yet he did not come. He always meets me at the door when I arrive home from work. I went to use the bathroom and had I not looked down I wouldn't have seen the young roo stranded in the toilet. He was chest deep in toilet water and could not get out! If it had been cold or if he had landed head first, Ozzie would have been no more. He was freezing cold, I had to dry him with a blow dryer on low to get him dry as fast as possible. He acted listless for two days but then made a full recovery. Be sure to keep your toilet lids closed and bathroom doors shut-one mistake and you could lose your pet chicken.".--Motherhen
Make sure baby chicks are put up when doing dishes-It only takes a second for a baby chick to jump into your dishpan. Baby chicks will die quickly if they get wet and cold.
Any container with water or other fluids in it can be a danger to your chickens if it is large enough for them to jump into and if it is other fluids they could be poisonous to your chickens.
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