Chickens As Pets: Training Tips and Tricks
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- Опубліковано 3 лис 2013
- Chicken Training: Teaching Chicken to Step Up and Down.
Tips and Tricks -How to get the chicken to step onto or hop-up onto your hand.
This is my pet chicken Bonnet. She was hand raised and cuddled from day one, she has never known fear of any kind and loves to snuggle and eat green grapes.
Bonnet is the star of a few of my chicken episodes (please seed playlist: Chickens as pets) and guest stars along with my pet ducks and rabbits in many of my how to grow a garden episodes.
My main tip when training a chicken is as with any animal show it love and shower it with kindness and attention. You will become part of the flock and gain it's love and respect in return.
Just like a dog chickens will come running to greet you, follow you around, beg for food and jump up and sleep on your lap.
I highly recommend getting a few pet chickens.
Scarlett
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Scarlett is an artist, entrepreneur and a passionate gardener. Scarlett is also a raw vegan foodist who loves gourmet raw vegan cooking.
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Yay! Someone else who talks with their chickens! Mine are so friendly and vocal, all with their own call. They love to talk to me and follow me x
becky lingwood LOL, I love to talk to the chickens and the ducks. your right they all have their own calls and totally did rent personalities.
Scarlett
Mine have learned English, I swear it, it's a little creepy.
when you been around chickens this stuff comes natural lol.. I've lived with my Bean for the last 17 years. It's a joke at this point. I just call him by name and he comes running like one of the dogs.
my dogs have learned to respect the rooster. because he will fearlessly peck them.
thats awesome!
Yes Girl So Pretty
When I'm getting my own house i hope to rescue a couple of chickens from factory farms! And have a huge backyard for them to play in!:)
Jocelyn Haro mine are from factory farms, I think so anyway
I have a rescue chicken. she fell off a Tyson truck and is so sweet and loving. she loves cuddles and inside time as well as follows me around...I've only had her for 1 week
Jocelyn Haro Nice!
Good luck!
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Can't wait. Saving for a chicken coop, err house I mean.
I'm thankful that you get to do this !!
This is my pet chicken Bonnet. She was hand raised and cuddled from day one, has never known fear of any kind and loves to snuggle and eat grapes. Bonnet is the star of a few of my chicken episodes (please seed playlist: Chickens as pets) and a guests stars along with my pet ducks and rabbits in many of our how to grow a garden episodes.
My main tip when training a chicken is as with any animal show it love and shower it with kindness and attention. You will become part of the flock and gain it's love and respect in return. Just like a dog chickens will come running to greet you, follow you around, beg for food and jump up and sleep on your lap.
I highly recommend getting a few chickens.
Scarlett
two sweet chicks in one video :)
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I Am Luis
Girl Your So Pretty
So Pretty
My mom would kill me if I ever put a chicken on a counter. haha
That's one fine looking chick. BTW the bird looks good too.
Gross
Welp
that birb looks delicious. I smells chicken potpie.
She is lovely....really nice bird!
Mrs Soap Peddler's Homestead chicken..
Cute...Our chickens just jump down to find something to eat
I cannot understand a word that you say, but I do love your relationship.
I love how you treat your chickens! They are so beautiful, and I appreciate your videos! :)
THAT is the BEST, most well equipped chicken coop that I have ever seen! ("> ("> ("> you are also a poultry linguist... and I thought I was the only one (';')( ';')... way to go Scarlett!
+Frederick Dunn lol
All of my pets talk I like to encourage it. :)
Happy Gardening,
Scarlett
And as you already are aware I'm sure... hens have a broader vocabulary than roosters... :)
+Frederick Dunn I've been told they have at least 200 different documented sounds. Sometimes I like to listen in on the flock gossip.
"at least" indeed... however I don't want to be the one recording, verifying and documenting... simply listening in as you do is much more to my liking... with a cappuccino in hand of course :)
oh yes definitely with a nice hot coffee! Only problem is everything i eat around the birds they want to try or at least investigate. lol
I have a young frizzle chicken and she is so happy! She lives in the house and always stretches her neck on my shoulder and coos.
i got baby chickies last week and just started teaching them ‘step up’, and it really helps (if your doing it while their little) to put i bright colored hair tie on your wrist. They don’t eat it at all, they just peck at it. they love to peck at the hair tie so much that it really does help them get onto your hand, becuase you don’t have to buy treats or anything, they can just have a good time with that!! (if you do this, make sure each training session you put a hair tie on your wrist, and keep them by their habitat so that you don’t have to go looking for one)
The way chicken can actually be trained is very simple: they are extremely food motivated. You show them food, they will do anything.
I had to bring in one of ours because the peacocks were scaring her. She is blind in one eye and for some reason the peacocks have fallen in love with her. She would bite like hell at first, but now she realizes I am the bringer of food and is fine with my handling her. They can learn.
My young cemani comes to her name and hops up with a pat on my back or shoulder. She was in quarantine in my room and has become very easy to train.
I have a barred rock and she is named Oreo and I love to cuddle with her and she loves it too!
A few years ago I had 4 chickens that I adopted from several orphaned clutches
2 hens 2 roosters
Their names
Shade (because she was almost completely black)
Dirty Snow ( she had black and white feathers)
Goldy (he had yellowish orange feathers)
And Determination (he hatched prematurely but held on)
Determination and Shade were the only ones to make it to adulthood
Dirty snow got eaten by a fox and Goldy died due to an injury
Unfortunately I was seperated from them in 2016 and never saw them since
I miss those chickens
Today I took my four week old chicks (2) outside for the first time. I sat down in a chair to watch them and they kept flying back up into my lap! That really surprised me. I thought I was going to have to run around chasing them to get them back.
Nice! your their mother hen.
Drächel därchel :-) Funny cute little dinosaur :-)
I have a pet chicken I named her nugget she stays in a chicken house inside of my room I take her outside for a while before going to school and I take her out after school I've had her since he was about 3 weeks old and she is really friendly
We have a barred rock too! So pretty! You make it look so easy! Thank you for sharing Scarlett! Love you channel...just subbed :) Misilla
Real nice chicken!
all my chickens are friendly to me and my sister because we raised them when they were babies and they use to sleep in our arms .
My chicken flew on my shoulder when she was sitting on my lap and then my dog started barking. Fun times XD 😂
How cute🥰
thanks.
I have six chickens and my oldest one will happily rest on my arm😋
That's great!
actually there are two cute chickens here.
This is awesome
i love the barred rock hen! so pretty and calm! (none of my birds are so calm :( but they cute!)
Chicks are great!
Omg bring back the memories, i had a pet chicken when i was 6 she looks like yours too she died when I'm 16 she got sick and i cried a lot...
My chicken is on sale, but i grab her and run away when i was 6
+Atheo Dein Itucas, thats so sweet!
I got 6 chickens in the house they use a litter pan and they catch all the bugs and do the dishes and vacuum and wash the clothes and cut the grass and go to work for me so I don't have to. Dam I love chickens
Wow!! that’s really cool. ;)
Good training tips
Glad you enjoyed it
yes luv my chickens to
Cool👍🏻
+Justin Hayslett, Thanks!
Lol she was telling you off :)
She's so cute
I have seven chickens and one duck their names are Flappy (the only rooster) Fig, Leprechaun, Foxygrandpa, Berdie, Refriedbean, and my favorite Mrs. Pudge she's my silkie chicken she's all white and very nice. The ducks name is Dwight The Obliterator after Dwight Shrewt. He's best friends with Mrs. Pudge.
So cute :D
I have a polish rooster and he rides on my shoulder and preens my hair chickens make great pets
Best channel ever
If you like chickens I think you'll enjoy my homesteading channel : ua-cam.com/users/howtohomesteadwithScarlettDamen
Wow cool channel
Hahaha it looks like your chicken was acting just like a chicken 😆😍
Chickens are like birds. I trained my chickens to jump up on my hand like I was training a parrot. They have the same natural reflexes. I just use there natural reflexes to train them like people do with dogs and other pets.
Chickens are like birds ..... Hmmmm .......
Lovely chicken
thanks
Beeeeutiful chicken owner. Love from here
thanks
My chickens don't like being carried with their feet in my hands. They want their feet hanging freely so I hold them around their belly. That's the only way they can relax.
Can we just Admire the fact that she has a chicken on her Kitchen Counter?
Thanks.
cool
OMG, that's a huge parrot! lol
My biggest obstruction to keeping chickens (for pets and eggs) is that I’ve heard that they need daily care, which pretty much ties you to your homestead. How do you take overnight trips if you keep chickens?
I don’t.
Thx your cute too
pretty chicken!
They are adorable. 😊
Girl Is Pretty
I loved your video! I love chickens, too and it is great to see that they can learn. My only complaint was that the background music was so loud that I couldn't always understand what you were saying. :(
Yes, this was one of my earlier videos.
Thanks for watching.
Congratulation!
Lungutescu Mihai Thanks you
it would be nice if you didn't play music in the background so I can hear what you're saying.........
I stoped using music yeas ago. This is one of my first ever youtube videos.
I got 6 chickens and 2 ducks ( ALL FEMALES ). They follow me around and one of them are like always with me LOL They sometimes follow me for to get food and once igive them some food they stay at the spot where the food is at to eat their food. When one of the chickens wander around lonely like she a loner she lieks to wander off around but most of the time they all be together when they go around and one of them is like wandering around herself, whenever i go outside she runs over to me and it's like she trusts me and she follows me wherever i go aswell when she is away from the other chickens and the ducks. Her name is Lizzy and i didn't try that get onto my arm trick / tip but i will give it a try. ( ALso the video was helpful alot )
I love how she sorta wobbles to the sides as she runs lol. it's funny ( The natural way they run xd )
that's lovely, thank you for sharing. I love how my chickens run up to me with a look of "I have something really important to tell you mom" lol It makes me laugh every time. I have a few chickens that follow me around and 'tell me to sit down', as soon as I do they hop up on my lap and settle in for a nap. - chickens are so sweet.
How to Grow a Garden with Scarlett Damen Yeah. We got them when they were little tiny little babies aswell. Plus I’ma bird person lol
Bellissima ❤️
Chicken is fren. No fud.
I have a breaded feathered footed bantam that follows me like a dog.
words of wisdom don't ever let any chicken within striking distance of your face they Will try and peck out your eyes and if the bottom hook of thr beak hooks in your eye is gone this is not a joke even the gently little hens are still hens and they see something interesting they will strike at it especially pretty set of green or blue eyes
2 or 3 accidents over the course of a few hours? LOL!
I remember bringing in my chicken "Gordita", and she pooped once every five or ten minutes lol.
+Corvu55, My chickens are trained to not poop on me and now that they are older they don't poop in the house. In fact Lady my favourite chicken loves to sit on the couch in the living room. She could stay on the couch for hours if she's not hungry. If she needs to poop she hops down and walks out into the garden and does her business there. It's really amazing to watch. The key is if you're going to hold them to always let them go as soon as they get restless. They don't poop on each other unless their over crowded in the coop so if your chickens think your one of the flock you won't get pooped on you either.
Happy gardening,
Scarlett
Gordita didn't poop on me though, she pooped all over the floor. My chickens used to poop on me the first few years I had them but now they don't. They used to do it whenever I was holding them or I picked them up but now they wait for me to put them down.
I carry mine like you carry a baby on the back cradled in my arms they love it
I have 6 of this one jajajajajajajajajaja better than any other pet + cuuuuute 😍
BenZ Encontré al hispanohablante!
My chicken lives inside with my dog she even has baths with me and lyes on my bed for a snooze
That’s sweet
That’s sweet
Can you make more videos btw I subbed and liked
Yes. More videos are on the way.
i hope my chickens aretame like urs when they adult ^^
I'm a good boi y'all know
dinosaurs, fucking dinosaurs. adorable
chicken sounds pissed lol.
Do you have a pet rooster? I have one, and whenever i tried reaching my hand out to touch him he will always imitate my hand's movement .with his head, as if to attack me if I'm not mistaken. Any tips?
Hi Scarlett, what a beautiful Chicken, so clean. Does she have a name ?
Kevin Bradley
Yes all the pets have names this is Bonnet the chicken.
:)
I have pet chickns to
You should rename the title to “How to piss your chicken off”. :)
Chickens are the Kardashians of the animal world lol they have funny looking bodies
My Rhode Island Red's name is Scarlett! 😊
Lol 😀
Awww she's such a beautiful chicken🥰but I wish I could hear what you were saying 😞
Heheeeee.. Gud
my poulets are still afraid of me. is there any way I can get 250 poulets to get used to being around me and maybe even like my presence?
+Cyanide Knife, Absolutely just move into their cage and become part of the flock. :)
Im here bcs my chicken knows how to step up and I needed to know if it was normal lmfao
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Hiya I'm new can you please do a video on how to house train chickens?
check out my homesteading channel for more on keeping chickens
Beautiful Bird, what breed is that?
I was carrying a fuzzy black chicken named Sam
I have a rooster. Please tell me u know how to potty train them cuz I’m having a hard time haha
Not possible. Sorry. Chickens can’t controlled it. However they do tend to do most of their business at night while they sleep.
How to Grow a Garden with Scarlett Damen thanks ur the best
She's so confused lmfao
My family plans to get chickens but we don't know if we should get them young or older... which is better?
Christiana Anderson
Hi Christiana,
If you want them for the eggs and plan to keep them in a coop with a run and don't need then to to be tame then you'll wan to get pullets or young hens as it takes 16 week for chickens to start laying eggs. Also by getting them as pullets or teenagers you'll skip all the work and get eggs sooner.
Oh and don't forget the weather chicks must be kept really warm and clean and dry all the time. The best time to get any bird (young or old) is in the spring. 1st, so they can adapt to the cold and 2nd, so you get eggs since chickens almost stop laying in the winter and can get frost bite.
If on the other hand you plan to play with them and want them to follow you around or you have preteens or older children that are excited to care for the birds and you don't mind all the extra work involved in raising delicate chicks and pullets then go with chicks.
I hope that helps.
Scarlett
Thank you that helps alot
What kind of chicken is that?
I love chickens and I have chicks at my house but she/they just don’t even listen to me
What a gorgeous chicken! I can't hear you speaking, the music is too loud.
Sorry about that. I should do another chicken video. I have so many and they’re all tame.
We moved into the house with a bunch of chickens that were left behind. They hate me, how can I get them to learn who I am without them running away?
Give them food especially worms and sit with them maybe while reading a good book. They'll eventually warm up to you any maybe after a summer or two they'll even sit on your lap while you read.
Good luck
Scarlett
+How to Grow a Garden with Scarlett Damen thank you very much! What a great idea :)
Also, when you're out around them, feeding them, etc., talk to them. Although they may not understand words, they'll learn the sound of your voice. -My chickens know my voice. When they begin to associate your voice (feeding/friendliness=your voice) with the feeding, then that might help them warm-up to you. Lots of creatures can comprehend vocal tone, too. And they rely on the tones of what they hear. So sound warm and friendly to them.
My 6 year old daughter just rescued two baby chicks. we have them at home now. Any tips you could give us? we live in rarotonga. No lamps, feeding stations etc. We need to make everything . I know she will not want to let them go when they grow and we don't have a garden / house is on the beach. Can we teach them to poop in the sand like cats or go outside ? any other tips you could give us? my facebook is Ev Itsme, would be awesome to meet you. thanks for your video. your hen is beautiful!
I have a bunch of chicken episodes on my homesteading channel. I think you'll find it helpful. heres the link: ua-cam.com/users/howtohomesteadwithScarlettDamen
I wanna chicky chicky!
my barred rocks hate me! props!
Did you raise them from chicks and handle them everyday?
How to Grow a Garden with Scarlett Damen Hi! I have a pet hen and she lets me pet her and hold her and stuff...But umm...how can you hold that hen on your arm like that, don't her claws hurt you? O.O
Hi Caroline Pena, when she is standing still or sitting on my arm she isn't digging in with her claws. Only if she slipped off my arm would it hurt. -Scarlett
How to Grow a Garden with Scarlett Damen Oh, ok. Well thanks, I was kind of curious :) BTW, do you know if you can cut a chicken's claws?
Caroline Pena You can if it is a rescued bird. When the chickens are kept in crates or barns and can't scratch their nails will grow very long and should be trimmed. Infuse if their nails get really long it can hinder their ability to walk and scratch. For any happy back yard bird that has free rage of the garden and can scratch all day they naturally going down their nails as they scratch. I'd be very careful clipping their claws as the vain goes almost all the way to the end of the nail and clipping the vain will be very painful, if exposed will get infected and the whole experience will make your chicken very scared of you. Best would be to get them to scratch on a stone. If you make a pile on a stone patio or driveway made of straw and garden clippings or whatever you have on the compost pile and sprinkle on some chicken food or kitchen scraps your chickens will happily scratch it all up and give them selves a manicure in the process.
i want chickens more than anything in the world.. i wish i didnt live in the city... xc
I wish my neighbors didn't have chickens so I didn't envy them so much lmao
In Florida I have registered license service therapy chickens that goes to nursing homes hospice children hospitals. my chickens does the magic when it comes to people that ready to passed away. I have a Brahma hen name sassy she was held by the professional famous people of the movie industry. If you Google search he flocks to his feathered Friends she'll see the story about me in the pictures of sassy on my shoulders. And also the story of a bird that saved my life not once but twice named Oreo so definitely Google search that,,, he flocks to his feathered Friends,,, can you really see the two page story about my life. My birds sassy even gives people hugs and special reasons
A.K.A. Domesticated Avian Dinosaur (Gallus Gallus Domesticusaurus Holocenum) As A Pet: Training Tips and Tricks XD
lol
I can't do this because my hen will peck me lol
+Samantha Fabian
lol
So its like having a giant parakeet. That about right?
+FinalLugiaGuardian, Ya, kind of. LOL
No a pet chicken is super chill, compared to other birds, also in my experience most birds will only really like one person or maybe 2 to handle them. Our pet chicken really likes people.
Can you train her to use a litter box?
No. I’ve heard people say yes. But chickens have no control they poop where they poop. That being said they mostly poop at night when they’re sleeping.