The rise of the Pet house chicken is at hand! People from all walks of life are embracing the idea of having a pet chicken. And why not? They’re intelligent, can be house trained, are productive, useful, and entertaining! Many people have a hard time imagining living with a chicken in their home, but with some preparation and careful decision making, this is a very manageable idea, and its one that is growing in popularity all the time!
We’ve got to cover the all-important, critical question of “Can Chickens Hold It?” Can they control when they go to the bathroom. “Experts” on the internet say its impossible. But anecdotal evidence abounds that pet chickens can be trained to restrain and retrain. Which is true? We’ll give you both sides, and you make the call.
Why Shouldn’t people have pet chickens? How are they different from parrots? When you listen to the arguments against keeping chickens as pets, theres not much there that can’t be said about any other type of animal. So are people who keep chickens in their houses reasonable? Or are they clucking crazy? On this weeks show, we’ll cover the ins and outs of the great “indoor chicken” debate! We’ll also talk about how to keep chickens indoors, some of the chief considerations, when keeping a chicken indoors might be a good tactical idea, and what some other alternatives to house chickens might be. Maybe you’ve already decided its time to have a pet chicken. In that case, the experience will be determined largely by how well you have trained your chicken. We made a whole episode about that; “The Hunger Games”.
And of course, we’ll take a look in the cabinet of curiosities; back in time , to the mid 1800’s when the discovery that tornadoes pluck chickens alive compelled humanity to ask the question; “How fast can I shoot this chicken out of a cannon before its feathers fly off”. FOR SCIENCE!! No really.
More sciency goodness than you can handle; coming at you at 341 miles an hour… Only on The Twin Beaks Chicken Podcast!
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