Gifts for Chicken Lovers That Are Borderline Genius

Have you ever though about gifts for chicken lovers? Anybody who has a friend who is learning how to take care of chickens has likely thought about potential gift ideas at one point or another.

When it comes to chicken owners, some of us get a little crazy.  We love our birds, and sometimes we love our birds so much that we begin to think of them as more than just chickens. (There’s a reason chicken owners are often referred to as ‘crazy chicken ladies’ after all.)  

And if there’s one thing I know about chicken people, the perfect gift often has to do with these lovable feathered friends.  

However, if you are not a crazy chicken person yourself, sometimes it can be hard to come up with great gift ideas for the chicken lover in your life. That’s why I’ve put together this list of gift ideas for chicken lovers that are borderline genius.  

Use this gift guide to inspire gifts for all occasions – from Mother’s Day to Christmas, and everything in between.  

After all – a chicken keeper needs more than just farm fresh eggs to remind them how much they love these funny little birds.

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Useful Gifts for Chicken Lovers

Here are some of our favorite useful gifts for chicken lovers!

Light-Sensitive Power Timer

When it comes to getting farm fresh eggs in the wintertime, there are certain steps a farmer (or chicken owner) needs to take.

You see, chickens only lay eggs when there are a certain number of daylight hours.  Some sources say 12 hours and other sources say 10 hours, but regardless, most places throughout the world will spend at least half of the year with fewer than the recommended amount of daylight hours.  And for those of us in the northern hemisphere, this happens around Christmas.

The solution to getting farm fresh eggs all year long is putting a light in your chicken coop.  

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Now you could just go outside and turn your light on every afternoon at a certain time, but that’s just too much upkeep for a lot of people (us included).  We’ve used lights with various timers throughout our time as chicken owners, and each one has their pros and cons, but as a general whole, having a light that’s on a timer system is the easiest way to ensure your chickens get enough light, or ‘sunshine’ to lay eggs all year long, without you having to go outside and turn on a light day in and day out.

Our recent discovery of a light-sensitive power timer is probably our favorite.  This timer turns on the light every night at dusk and then leaves the light on for a set amount of hours (determined by us).  This way we don’t even have to do the math and figure out what time the light should turn on this month vs next month.

We found this timer at our local Smith’s, but it’s also available on Amazon if you want to just order it in.  Pair it with an outdoor light and your favorite chicken lover will thank you every time they harvest a wintertime egg.

Heated Water Dish

If your chicken loving friend lives in a colder area where water is prone to freezing, then perhaps a heated water dish is on the menu?  After all, nothing say wintertime fun like braving the freezing wind and snow to dump out the frozen ice chunks and refill with fresh water – only to do it again in an hour or two.  (I’m being sarcastic, in case you couldn’t tell.)

A true chicken farmer will already have a good heated water dish on hand, but unfortunately these things are prone to breakage. (Or maybe I’ve just had bad luck with them?  Who knows.)  A replacement is likely to be greatly appreciated.

There are a few different styles of heater water dishes out there, but my personal favorite is the doggie dish style water dish.  Partly because it just seems to last longer than the other styles, and partly because then I can just fill the dish up with a hose in a few seconds and don’t have to worry about screwing or unscrewing anything.  They also tend to be cheaper than the hanging kind, which is a plus.

The biggest con to the doggie style water dish is cleanliness.  Chickens are not clean critters and they tend to get this style of water dish muddy and messy fairly quickly.  But the good news is, it’s easy to clean it out with nothing but a hose.

If your chicken keeping friends prefer the hanging style of water dish in their chicken coops, then this heated water dish for poultry is a good route to take.  It’s pricey, but it’s highly rated and is likely to last the entire winter, and it should stay fairly clean the whole time if hung properly.

Egg Collecting Apron

Anybody who’s gone out to collect a couple of eggs and come in with a huge armful (with a trail of dropped or cracked eggs following behind) knows the value of an egg collecting apron.  These are quick and easy to tie around the waist of the chicken keeper and offer a soft yet secure spot for all the fresh eggs.  

If the main egg collectors are children, there are even child-sized egg collecting aprons available.  These adorable aprons are the perfect gift for your crazy chicken lady friends – useful yet cute.

Ceramic Eggs

Ceramic eggs may seem like a silly gift, but these are actually more practical than you might think.  

The purpose of a ceramic egg is twofold.  First, ceramic eggs are used to, theoretically, encourage chickens to lay their eggs in a specific spot, thus eliminating the morning egg-themed scavenger hunt.  However, my chickens have never laid eggs near our ceramic eggs.

The second and most important use for ceramic eggs in the chicken coop is to discourage egg-eating chickens.  Sometimes a chicken (accidentally or purposefully) will break and eat an egg, and once a chicken decides its egg is delicious, egg-eating chickens become a huge problem for chicken keepers.  

When you put a ceramic egg in the chicken coop, preferably near where the chickens are already laying eggs, the egg eating is discouraged because when the chickens peck at the ceramic egg, it hurts their beaks and doesn’t taste very good.  This trains most chickens not to eat their eggs, and we have used this method in our own chicken coops for several years.

Many chicken farmers use golf balls because they are less expensive and just as effective, but ceramic eggs are so much cuter, thus making the perfect Christmas gift (or another occasion gift).

Egg Storage Baskets

Egg storage baskets, or egg holders, are more good gifts for homesteading chicken lovers.  If you go with the egg basket style, your chicken keeping friend can also use it to college eggs from the coop every day.  Or if you prefer a functional egg holder that sits on the counter, there are some space-friendly options available.  

Of course, your chicken loving friend could just use and recycle store-bought egg cartons, and there’s nothing wrong with that, but if you’re looking for a cute gift that is also functional, these egg holders and egg baskets are good options.

Funny Chicken Themed Gifts

Need a funny gag gift? These funny chicken gifts are sure to make your buddies laugh out loud!

Funny Chicken Coffee Mugs

Most chicken lovers are also coffee lovers (early mornings) but even if your friend isn’t a coffee lover, coffee mugs are also great for hot chocolate and bone broth (yum!).  I myself am an avid mug collector and my dream is to one day have a huge display in my home for all of my mugs.

There are some pretty funny chicken-themed coffee mugs out there, but I’ve selected just a few for your reading (and shopping) pleasure.

Funny Chicken Signs

Speaking of funny chicken gifts, what about a funny sign that summarizes the joys of raising chickens on your very own homestead?  If you’re crafty, you could probably even DIY some of these funny sayings about our favorite farm animal.

These signs would be good as home decor or decor for the hen house.

Funny Chicken T-shirts

And what chicken lover gift guide would be complete without a compilation of funny chicken t-shirts?  A lot of these would even double as gag gifts if you’re on the hunt for a white elephant gift.  But trust me – if your chicken loving friend is truly a crazy chicken lady, all of these shirts will be a smashing success.

Fun Chicken Accessories (The Perfect Farmer Gifts)

Last but not least, we’ve got a collection of fun chicken accessories that you can give to your friend’s feathered friends.  These can be fun for the birds or just fun for the chicken keeper, but either way, there your loving friend’s day (and Christmas/birthday/Mother’s Day/etc) was made

Chicken Peck N Play

The theory behind these chicken peck n plays is that you give your favorite farm animal the fun little toys, and they in turn spend hours chasing the toys around the chicken coop (or hen house, as the case may be).

They kind of remind me of those jingly cat toys, if that makes a difference in your decision making.

Chicken Swing

If you’ve ever seen a chicken try to climb and balance on multiple levels, you’ll understand the joys behind this chicken swing.

A chicken swing is a stimulating toy for birds to try and balance on. (And they will try and balance on it because the very nature of chickens is to try and get as high up as possible.) Additionally, your chicken loving friend will get a real kick out of watching her birds play on their fun new toy.

You can’t go wrong with a chicken swing, my friend.

Chicken Veggie Skewer

Watching chickens play (or struggle) with their food is another fun pass-time for chicken keepers all over the world, and this chicken veggie skewer is a fun way to turn any afternoon treat into a whole day of fun!

Just hang your fruit or veggie on the skewer and watch the chickens try and get a good grip on that delicious treat. I dare you not to laugh!

How To Speak Chicken Book

If your chicken keeping buddy is truly a chicken lover at heart, they will honestly love getting a book like this. “How To Speak Chicken” is a book that teaches the reader all about why chickens do the things they do.

Help your friend find even more fulfillment in her fine feathered friends with this simple yet stimulating book.