Marli King
@marlichi.bsky.social
Elder GenX AuDHD Secular Humanist animal lover. Most fond of my housemates Dude (longcoat Chihuahua), Dilly (lavender Ameraucana), & Diva (cream crested legbar) - a.k.a. The D Squad. She/Her. I follow people who post pics of their chickens🐓 P.S. Fuck Trump
keeping the poo from sticking to the liner. Awesome stuff!
We didn’t plan on keeping Dilly and Diva as indoor pets. They got pneumonia as chicks and Diva in particular was *really* sick and I worked for weeks to save her. And even then her lungs were still fragile.
We didn’t plan on keeping Dilly and Diva as indoor pets. They got pneumonia as chicks and Diva in particular was *really* sick and I worked for weeks to save her. And even then her lungs were still fragile.
December 17, 2025 at 4:17 AM
keeping the poo from sticking to the liner. Awesome stuff!
We didn’t plan on keeping Dilly and Diva as indoor pets. They got pneumonia as chicks and Diva in particular was *really* sick and I worked for weeks to save her. And even then her lungs were still fragile.
We didn’t plan on keeping Dilly and Diva as indoor pets. They got pneumonia as chicks and Diva in particular was *really* sick and I worked for weeks to save her. And even then her lungs were still fragile.
shake clean and can be used multiple times before needing to be washed. I tried small pet pine litter pellets first but I’m sensitive to pine. Now I’m giving hemp pellets a try, but what I really love is compressed coffee litter pellets for chickens. Really kills the odor, and works even better at
December 17, 2025 at 4:17 AM
shake clean and can be used multiple times before needing to be washed. I tried small pet pine litter pellets first but I’m sensitive to pine. Now I’m giving hemp pellets a try, but what I really love is compressed coffee litter pellets for chickens. Really kills the odor, and works even better at
pouch to absorb moisture. This does several things. It absorbs moisture which reduces odors (like to practically nothing except immediately after a stinky poo) and is better for vent health. It also coats the droppings which keeps them from sticking to the diaper liner so the diapers pretty much
December 17, 2025 at 4:17 AM
pouch to absorb moisture. This does several things. It absorbs moisture which reduces odors (like to practically nothing except immediately after a stinky poo) and is better for vent health. It also coats the droppings which keeps them from sticking to the diaper liner so the diapers pretty much
completely if it looks like there’s damp or if there’s odor after I sift it. I t seems like I change it out about every other month? It’s not often.
During the day they wear Love A Chicken Diapers (I tried several different kinds and these are the best) & I put a litter but of litter in the diaper
During the day they wear Love A Chicken Diapers (I tried several different kinds and these are the best) & I put a litter but of litter in the diaper
December 17, 2025 at 4:17 AM
completely if it looks like there’s damp or if there’s odor after I sift it. I t seems like I change it out about every other month? It’s not often.
During the day they wear Love A Chicken Diapers (I tried several different kinds and these are the best) & I put a litter but of litter in the diaper
During the day they wear Love A Chicken Diapers (I tried several different kinds and these are the best) & I put a litter but of litter in the diaper
there better. Run a HEPA air purifier to catch anything that is still airborne.
As for the poop, use a siftable bird safe litter in the cage where they sleep. My girls cage has a 2’x4’ roost bar over a litter box corn cob litter mixed with zeolite granules. I sift it daily and change it out
As for the poop, use a siftable bird safe litter in the cage where they sleep. My girls cage has a 2’x4’ roost bar over a litter box corn cob litter mixed with zeolite granules. I sift it daily and change it out
December 17, 2025 at 4:17 AM
there better. Run a HEPA air purifier to catch anything that is still airborne.
As for the poop, use a siftable bird safe litter in the cage where they sleep. My girls cage has a 2’x4’ roost bar over a litter box corn cob litter mixed with zeolite granules. I sift it daily and change it out
As for the poop, use a siftable bird safe litter in the cage where they sleep. My girls cage has a 2’x4’ roost bar over a litter box corn cob litter mixed with zeolite granules. I sift it daily and change it out
If you’re on Facebook, join the group Huggable House Chickens and Ducks. Handling dander is easy. Regular baths with a glycerin rinse. The glycerin doesn’t just add moisture to skin and feathers, it also makes the feather sheathing flakes and skin flakes heavier so they fall to the floor and stay
December 17, 2025 at 4:17 AM
If you’re on Facebook, join the group Huggable House Chickens and Ducks. Handling dander is easy. Regular baths with a glycerin rinse. The glycerin doesn’t just add moisture to skin and feathers, it also makes the feather sheathing flakes and skin flakes heavier so they fall to the floor and stay
Yep. And doing Epsom salt soaks are also done for egg binding, leg sprains, & other health reasons. And people who show chickens bathe them before a show.
I was just giving her a bath because she lives in the house and needed a bath. 😂 I also do a glycerin rinse to moisturize her skin & feathers.
I was just giving her a bath because she lives in the house and needed a bath. 😂 I also do a glycerin rinse to moisturize her skin & feathers.
December 16, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Yep. And doing Epsom salt soaks are also done for egg binding, leg sprains, & other health reasons. And people who show chickens bathe them before a show.
I was just giving her a bath because she lives in the house and needed a bath. 😂 I also do a glycerin rinse to moisturize her skin & feathers.
I was just giving her a bath because she lives in the house and needed a bath. 😂 I also do a glycerin rinse to moisturize her skin & feathers.
Dilly is a house pet, so instead of dust bathing she gets a bath every couple of months. I have two house chickens and usually bathe them together, but Dilly was molting so she I gave her a bath sooner. This picture is of Dilly and Diva in the bath together.
December 16, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Dilly is a house pet, so instead of dust bathing she gets a bath every couple of months. I have two house chickens and usually bathe them together, but Dilly was molting so she I gave her a bath sooner. This picture is of Dilly and Diva in the bath together.
I love my happy chickens and watching them “chickening about” makes me feel calm and happy.
December 16, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I love my happy chickens and watching them “chickening about” makes me feel calm and happy.
Too much awful stuff in the timeline right now, so here’s a mental palette cleanser: a chicken enjoying a bath.
Dilly is a lavender Ameraucana hen who loves spa day.
#chickens #backyardchickens #blueskychickens #cutepets
Dilly is a lavender Ameraucana hen who loves spa day.
#chickens #backyardchickens #blueskychickens #cutepets
December 16, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Too much awful stuff in the timeline right now, so here’s a mental palette cleanser: a chicken enjoying a bath.
Dilly is a lavender Ameraucana hen who loves spa day.
#chickens #backyardchickens #blueskychickens #cutepets
Dilly is a lavender Ameraucana hen who loves spa day.
#chickens #backyardchickens #blueskychickens #cutepets
Once you get to know them they are a lot less scary. I love my chickens. And I really love snuggling my cuddle chicken, Dilly.
December 13, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Once you get to know them they are a lot less scary. I love my chickens. And I really love snuggling my cuddle chicken, Dilly.
Then I took her home in the lovely little cardboard coffin provided by the vet and I cried. She was so very sweet and we still miss her.
December 13, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Then I took her home in the lovely little cardboard coffin provided by the vet and I cried. She was so very sweet and we still miss her.
Same as with any of my other pets. The ones that died without warning, I just buried. The ones that were suffering I brought to a vet &, if they couldn’t be helped, I had them humanely euthanized. This was Poppy. When she seemed to be doing poorly, we brought her inside to our “hospital” cage.
December 13, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Same as with any of my other pets. The ones that died without warning, I just buried. The ones that were suffering I brought to a vet &, if they couldn’t be helped, I had them humanely euthanized. This was Poppy. When she seemed to be doing poorly, we brought her inside to our “hospital” cage.
I have heard people claim that it’s possible, but I have doubts. Laying hens poop about every 30 minutes, I swear. But diapers for them are a really workable option. I put a few pine or hemp litter pellets with a bit of coffee litter in the diaper pouch and it absorbs moisture and odors and
December 13, 2025 at 5:44 AM
I have heard people claim that it’s possible, but I have doubts. Laying hens poop about every 30 minutes, I swear. But diapers for them are a really workable option. I put a few pine or hemp litter pellets with a bit of coffee litter in the diaper pouch and it absorbs moisture and odors and
Chickens can be kept as house pets. I have two house chickens. They wear diapers when they are roaming the house, and I have litter in their cage that I scoop every day.
December 13, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Chickens can be kept as house pets. I have two house chickens. They wear diapers when they are roaming the house, and I have litter in their cage that I scoop every day.
Every morning! Dilly needs her snuggles!
December 11, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Every morning! Dilly needs her snuggles!
Need more chickens in the timeline!
This is Diva living up to her name by relaxing in an Ergo Purrch bed lined with a Paw5 snuffle mat, bathed in light from a full spectrum desk lamp, & warmed by a tiny space heater. Bougie chicken life.
#chickens #chickensaspets #blueskychickens #backyardchickens
This is Diva living up to her name by relaxing in an Ergo Purrch bed lined with a Paw5 snuffle mat, bathed in light from a full spectrum desk lamp, & warmed by a tiny space heater. Bougie chicken life.
#chickens #chickensaspets #blueskychickens #backyardchickens
December 9, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Need more chickens in the timeline!
This is Diva living up to her name by relaxing in an Ergo Purrch bed lined with a Paw5 snuffle mat, bathed in light from a full spectrum desk lamp, & warmed by a tiny space heater. Bougie chicken life.
#chickens #chickensaspets #blueskychickens #backyardchickens
This is Diva living up to her name by relaxing in an Ergo Purrch bed lined with a Paw5 snuffle mat, bathed in light from a full spectrum desk lamp, & warmed by a tiny space heater. Bougie chicken life.
#chickens #chickensaspets #blueskychickens #backyardchickens
Dilly is my cuddle chicken. She’s loved being held and cuddled since she was a baby. My husband took this video when I was cuddling with her while I was camped out on the sofa with the flu.
November 25, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Dilly is my cuddle chicken. She’s loved being held and cuddled since she was a baby. My husband took this video when I was cuddling with her while I was camped out on the sofa with the flu.
Yeah, dogs & chickens can be a volatile mix depending on the personalities involved. My Chihuahua, Dude, isn’t a problem because he’s only a couple of months older than my house hens & they were raised together, & he’s not much bigger than them. But I don’t leave them together unsupervised.
November 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Yeah, dogs & chickens can be a volatile mix depending on the personalities involved. My Chihuahua, Dude, isn’t a problem because he’s only a couple of months older than my house hens & they were raised together, & he’s not much bigger than them. But I don’t leave them together unsupervised.
We’ve already ordered chicks for April. Two more speckled Sussex and two Welsumers for the coop, and two more to be house pets because it occurred to us when one of our house chickens passes, the other will be devastated. So we need more house chickens, right? Chicken math is real! 😂
November 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
We’ve already ordered chicks for April. Two more speckled Sussex and two Welsumers for the coop, and two more to be house pets because it occurred to us when one of our house chickens passes, the other will be devastated. So we need more house chickens, right? Chicken math is real! 😂
them when they are still babies by putting them out during the heat of the day in a pop up pen while I’m cleaning their brooder. Then they graduated to the mini run for day trips, and then we transitioned them to sleeping in the mini coop at night. It worked well.
November 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
them when they are still babies by putting them out during the heat of the day in a pop up pen while I’m cleaning their brooder. Then they graduated to the mini run for day trips, and then we transitioned them to sleeping in the mini coop at night. It worked well.
Ours killed a couple of artichoke plants, and artichokes have really beefy, fibrous stalks! But they just chewed them up! We had a vegetable garden before we had chickens. We’re going to do new fencing around the beds and try again in spring. One bed will just be greens they like. Mostly arugula.
November 25, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Ours killed a couple of artichoke plants, and artichokes have really beefy, fibrous stalks! But they just chewed them up! We had a vegetable garden before we had chickens. We’re going to do new fencing around the beds and try again in spring. One bed will just be greens they like. Mostly arugula.
We have several speckled Sussex and they really are just the most wonderful birds. This is my husband with our original flock their first year. Friendly, inquisitive, smart, and so darned cute. Plus they are good layers. 💕
November 25, 2025 at 8:09 AM
We have several speckled Sussex and they really are just the most wonderful birds. This is my husband with our original flock their first year. Friendly, inquisitive, smart, and so darned cute. Plus they are good layers. 💕