Talk:Chickens as pets

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Merge[edit]

The content in this article is either duplicated the relevant section of the Chicken article or overlaps with content that is already in Chicken coop, Animal fancy, and American Poultry Association. In fact, the content in the main chicken article is much more neutral, comprehensive, and well-cited. There is no reason to have this separate article. The original author is saying he was "given the okay" a year ago, but since then no new content that is not duplicative has been added. Steven Walling 22:07, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I asked if i could create the article on the Chicken article and they said yes. I dont know why new content needs to be added in order to keep the article, i removed most of the main article stuff to put it in here. 1 Portillo (talk) 01:08, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's not a question of permission. It's that we shouldn't have an article if the topic in it is already covered in other articles. Everything that is described here is talked about in the main chicken article already, and things like housing are covered in the chicken coop article. There's no reason for this to exist. Steven Walling 03:51, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Its not talked about in the main article because i removed it and put it here. Portillo (talk) 10:51, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The section "Chickens as pets" fitted just fine in the article. Only recently did you remove half of it and put it here. Other than what you just took from the main article, which fits just fine there, there's nothing in this article that isn't a good fit inside other pages. Steven Walling 16:26, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not recently, since the beginning. Lets have a consensus. Portillo (talk) 23:04, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I do think that this should remain split as its own article. This information should really be branched off from the chicken article since it has enough content to be on its own and the topic does not really belong as a giant section in the main chicken article. Jeanpetr (talk) 14:15, 28 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Well, then I'm going to get more of the good information from the main article to bring here and start removing the duplicate content that belongs in other articles (like chicken coop). Portillo, I think it's important to remember that Wikipedia is not a how-to guide. It should describe the essential facts about the relatively rare phenomenon of chickens as pets, not list everything you'd need to know about how to do so. Steven Walling 19:08, 30 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Im glad we've decided to keep the article. Thanks for the help. Portillo (talk) 09:20, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, me too. This article is worth it, that's for sure! ill try to add stuff if I can. GreyPage (talk) 03:18, 11 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Contradiction[edit]

If chickens are kept for meat, as suggested in the article, they're not being kept as pets. Pretty straightforward.106.56.150.193 (talk) 03:56, 23 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

If you nurture, play with and care about someone as they grow, you'll better appreciate the flavour and texture when they return the favour after suddenly and mercifully dying in their prime doing what they love, safe in trusted arms. It's the incredible journey that matters in tasty pets, not the final destination as it is with human friends and family. Still a terribly bad idea to eat your wife while she's young and oblivious, even with her explicit consent, or kill your pet chicken in front of your other pets. But what a little lamb doesn't know can't hurt it, even if your family prefers cigarettes to veal and trades the dearly beloved remains for cold hard cash. Don't painlessly kill your ignorant children's pets to feed them without asking, though, that's just cruel. And never straightforwardly eat your children, even if you're broke and starving (you'll come back as a sea lion, and not the cute California kind). InedibleHulk (talk) 11:41, 24 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Not enough talk about chickens as actual PETS, as in keeping them as pets for their companionship and not just for ornamental value and for their eggs.[edit]

This needs to change. There needs to be a little more description about chickens as companions. It needs to talk about the qualities and behavior of a chicken, and why they stand out as a pet. Like, how to care for them indoors. Shickorbob (talk) 23:48, 24 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

They’re not just pretty-looking, egg-laying, pest-ridding, dumb birds. They are emotional, intelligent, affectionate creatures that don’t get enough credit as pets. Shickorbob (talk) 23:53, 24 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I have added addtional content in regards to chickens as pets. Is there any other direction that this page needs to go?D-dayMarine (talk) 15:37, 3 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I thank the person who made this page. Most people think chickens are only good as farm animals. 🐔 --TheWikiSearcher (talk) 18:50, 16 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Some chickens are. You meet one raised in prison, she'll let you touch her simply because she's too dumb to appreciate the difference between legitimate affectionate contact and everyday tactile pressure. You meet one raised in the fighting pits, don't trust him around your pets, farm animals or children, just finish him off honourably. A well-to-do bird is a fine feathered friend, generally speaking. But even among sheltered suburbanite hippie chicks, there are your "bad eggs" who will grow up to despise you and everything you stand for, and no amount of compassion, luxury pet supplies or therapy is enough to bridge the gap. You don't get that kind of vague psychological abuse from a rat, piranha or tarantula. Chickens are rewarding and risky, like cats. InedibleHulk (talk) 10:40, 24 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]