Perhaps you have one of these lovable weirdos on your gift list this year and are trying to think of thoughtful and unique gifts for backyard chicken owners – but have no idea where to start.

Never fear. We’ve got you covered with a list of amazing gifts that will delight even the pickiest butt nugget farmer.

How to Choose an Incredible Gift for Backyard Chicken Owners

There’s no denying that backyard chicken owners are a bit strange – they like to wake up at the crack of dawn, even in freezing weather, to let their little monsters out of the coop for the day.

Still, they do tend to flock together when it comes to caring for their brood. Here are a few suggestions for finding a great gift for a chicken mom or dad:

• Help them treat their babies. Backyard chicken owners love nothing more than spoiling their flock with delicious scraps and other treats, but all those dried mealworms and crickets really add up. Any gift that helps them give the ladies a little treat is sure to be appreciated.
• Give them the gift of safety. Predators are a top concern for all backyard chicken owners. Chickens are nature’s meat snack – fat, slow, tasty. Look for items that keep their flock secure and scare away the racoons, chicken hawks, and weasels!
• Look for convenience items. Owning backyard chickens can quickly become a full-time job if you let it. Anything that automates or simplifies the work makes an excellent present for a backyard chicken owner.

Chicken Treat Ball

Anyone who owns backyard chickens understands the struggle to keep chickens safe without keeping them all cooped up. This affordable gift for backyard chicken owners offers an inviting solution – simply fill the treat ball with cabbage, kitchen scraps, or other favorite vegetables to give chickens hours of exercise and entertainment. The challenging food source triggers their natural foraging instincts and keeps them fit, healthy…and safe.

A Chicken Treat Basket

Every ‘Chicken Mom’ or ‘Chicken Dad’ loves to spoil their flock with extra treats and goodies – but the costs can add up quickly. Why not create a special basket of chickens’ favorite treats, like this Chicken Crack, some tasty mealworms, a bag of flax seed, and a Flock Block. Your chicken-loving friend will thank you for your thoughtful gift every time they watch their hens forage happily all day.

Personalized Egg Stamp

What proud chicken owner wouldn’t love a personalized stamp for their prized golden nuggets? Help them show off the results of all the early mornings they’ve spent taking care of their backyard chickens with a whimsical egg stamp.

Cute Chicken T-Shirt

What better gift for backyard chicken owners than a T-shirt that announces their love of all things fowl to the world. Amazon and Etsy are both full of adorable chicken motif T-shirts, coffee mugs, and other chicken-themed household gear. We love this Dandelion Chicken design on Etsy, but you also can’t go wrong with this funny Fowl Language Chicken T-shirt or this cheerful yellow chicken tee.

The Chicknic Table

Chickens are funny animals and provide hobby farmers with hours of delightful entertainment. Up the humor quotient with the original farmhouse style picnic table for chickens. All the gift recipient has to do is fill the tray with their chickens’ favorite treats and watch their ladies have a picnic. Handmade from high-quality pine. A great gift for chicken lovers everywhere!

Egg-Collecting Apron

A sturdy egg-collecting apron is another easy and useful gift for backyard chicken owners. This version has over 1,000 5-star reviews on Amazon and features 12 deep, double-stitched pockets that are sure to last for a long time. The drawstring closure ensures a snug fit for egg-collectors large and small!

Chicken Coloring Book

Sometimes when you’re done being a chicken tender, all you want to do is sit down and think about chickens some more. If you’re looking for good chicken gifts for chicken lovers, make up a gift bag of chicken themed leisure activities. Throw in this coloring book, some colored pencils, and some cutesy chicken scratch pads and call it a day.

How to Speak Chicken

We can’t help but think the author passed up a golden opportunity to title her book: How to Talk Fowl. Nevertheless. This best-selling book combines up-close observations and interviews with chicken enthusiasts into one entertaining piece of writing. Give the gift of knowledge to your up-and-coming hobbyist homesteader. This book contains information about all things chicken and answers the chicken farmer’s most pressing questions. For kids, try A Kid’s Guide to Keeping Chickens by the same author!

Nested Hen & Chick Measuring Cups

Chickens also make a charming motif for housewares and kitchen utensils. We really like these fun and versatile dry measuring cups in the shape of a hen, an egg, and a chick. Not only are they a thoughtful gift for chicken lovers, they’re also convenient and functional. The full space-saving nested set contains 6 measuring cups in ¼ cup, ⅓ cup, ½ cup, ⅔ cup, ¾ cup, and 1-cup sizes. At this price point, pick up a dozen sets to gift to all your chicken-loving friends.

Chicken Water Heater

A chicken water heater may not look too glamorous, but it’s one of the most practical gifts for backyard chicken owners – especially if they live anywhere that gets cold winters. Ask any chicken owner what their most dreaded task is, and they’re sure to answer: “Refilling the chicken waterer!” Chickens aren’t known for being clean, and they get dirt and mud in their water regularly. Add freezing conditions to the mix and the results can be aggravating to say the least. A water heater keeps the water flowing, the chickens hydrated, and your chicken-loving friend from heading out in freezing temperatures to defrost and refill the water trough.

Security Lanterns

Put this gift idea in the practical column, too. Chicken lovers may see their clucking ladies as their best friends, but nearly every other creature on earth sees them as a big fat snack. Most chicken-eating animals, such as racoons, weasels, and foxes, do their hunting at night. A pair of high-quality solar-powered motion-activated lanterns can do a lot to keep the predators at bay. Hang one from either side of the chicken yard and stop the hunters in their tracks. Looking for the same thing but scarier? Try these solar-powered red predator eyes!

Automatic Chicken Coop Door

This one is for the lazy chicken owner in your life. Or, to put it more gently, the chicken owner who isn’t a morning person. An automatic chicken coop door is a luxury tech item they may never buy for themselves but will surely appreciate. All they’ll have to do is set the timer to open the chicken coop door at dawn…and then sleep in to their heart’s content.

Chicken Sloggers

Give the chicken lovers in your life the gift of mucking around in the coop in style. Sloggers are fashionable clog-style shoes that are waterproof and made with heavy duty lug tread outsole for superior grip and traction. Great gift for gardeners too!

Egg Dispenser

This spiral egg dispenser employs a clever design to help egg gatherers use the oldest egg first – and it’s handsome enough to keep on the kitchen counter. Chicken lovers the world over are sure to love this thoughtful gift that helps them proudly display the fruits of their labor in an attractive, innovative way!

DIY Chicken Feeder Kit

If the chicken farmer in your life is gradually turning into more of a homesteader, maybe surprise them with this awesome DIY Chicken Feeder Kit. The drill bit and feeding ports turn any bucket (not included!) into a rain proof, automatic, gravity-powered chicken feeder. Less spillage, less mess, less waste!

Chicken Nesting Herbs

A bit of an indulgence for sure, but the chicken parent that is prone to pamper will love this gift. The calming blend includes 6 all-natural dried herbs and flowers that create a more pleasant coop environment and inspire the ladies to lay. Scatter the dried herbs in the coop along with box liners, nesting pads, wood shavings, and other bedding materials. The blend is non-toxic and safe for chickens to eat (which is good…because they probably will!)

Handmade Chicken Swing

One big concern that chicken owners have is that their flock doesn’t have enough to stay occupied in the chicken yard. Enter the chicken swing! This best-selling, highly-rated chicken coop accessory can keep chicken entertained for hours. It also helps chickens feel more secure – in their natural environment they prefer to perch off the ground when they aren’t scratching for food. Even better, give a whole pack of wooden chicken toys for the coop.

Vintage Collapsible Baskets

A set of collapsible wire baskets in a vintage design is a gift that will surprise and delight chicken lovers. Between the two metal baskets you can carry six dozen eggs…but they’re just two centimeters high when fully collapsed! The appealing style looks great on the hearth filled with pinecones or on the countertop filled with eggs or fresh veggies. Makes a great gift for gardeners and chefs, too.

Chicken Hats

No, not hats shaped like a chicken. Hats for the chickens. OK. We admit these are goofy. And impractical. And the chickens are not going to like them at all and will stomp them into the mud after a few minutes. But think of the smile it will bring to the chicken lovers in your life and the hilarious pictures they’ll get for social media. Don’t you think that joy makes a ten-dollar purchase worth it?

Miniature Retro Chicken Coop

How about this tiny wooden coop for your favorite chicken lover’s fairy garden or gnome landscape. Beautifully designed and durable, made from all-natural wood, straw, and resin. Makes a great holiday gift, birthday gift, or stocking stuffer for chicken lovers.

Coir Boot Scraper

Even the most dedicated chicken keeper doesn’t like to take their work home with them, so to speak. With this Coir Boot Scraper, backyard chicken farmers can avoid tracking mud (and chicken droppings!) through the house. The rugged, thin coconut fibers easily strip away caked on dirt, snow, grass, and chicken poo to reveal the clean treads underneath.

Barnyard Chick Perch

This is the perfect brooder and coop toy for the backyard chicken owner who is just starting out with babies or who has branched into incubating and hatching eggs. The roosting bars are slightly thinner than average, making them ideal for training young chicks. Perching helps chicks feel more secure and comfortable off the ground while they get used to their new surroundings.

Feather Skirts

Speaking of brooding, these functional feather skirts fit snugly around brooding heating plates to remind newly-hatched chicks of mom. The feathers provide comfort and security while also trapping heat and blocking light so chicks can get some much-needed rest.

Chicken Scratch Doormat

A wonderful doormat from Now Designs made from 100% natural coconut coir fibers with hand-illustrated chickens printed in fade-resistant ink. These funky, abstract chickens will make your gift recipient smile every time they come home. And after all. Home is where the chickens are.

Silly Chicken Statue

A funny resin chicken statue would look equally at home in the garden, in the coop, or on the patio. Wherever your chicken-lover needs a dash of whimsy to brighten up the day. Available in seven vibrant colors, this chicken yard art is sure to be a crowd pleaser.

The Incredible Egg Scale

A countertop egg scale is the perfect gift for backyard chicken owners who are inordinately proud of their flock’s butt nuggets. Or the backyard chicken farmer who’s selling or gifting eggs and needs to sort them by size. Either way, they’ll appreciate this regal-looking egg scale that doubles as chicken decor.

Pfaltzgraff Homespun Rooster Dinnerware

There are lots of options on Amazon and Etsy for chicken lovers who also like the rustic farmhouse look. We’re partial to this classic dinnerware design from Pfaltzgraff featuring four different hand-drawn roosters. Pair the set with some Chicken Kitchen Towels.

Chicken Sorting Toy

It’s never too early to get them hooked on chickens! This STEM shape sorting puzzle helps toddlers develop fine motor skills along with recognition of colors and shapes. The interlocking eggs all fit neatly inside a cute, hen-shaped carrying case for easy storage.

Chicken Scraps Bucket

If you plan to pull together some chicken treats as a gift for your backyard chicken farmer, why not make the basket part of the gift, too? This chicken scraps bucket gives chicken farmers a handy place to keep vegetable peelings, leftover oatmeal and rice, and other kitchen scraps until it’s time to feed the chickens again. Once the chickens start to recognize the bucket, they’ll come running every time they see it.

Custom Hen Portrait

You may think we’ve gone off our rocker here – but this gift is sure to thrill any backyard chicken farmer. It may take a little more time, planning, and subterfuge to pull this one off, but the results will be worth it. Find a couple quality pictures of your gift recipient’s favorite hen (if the chicken mom or dad posts proud pics on social media this shouldn’t be too hard) and then send them to an artist to create a custom portrait!

Chicken Subscription Box

Why give one chicken lover gift when you could give a whole year of gifts? For as little as $30 a month, CoopCrate will deliver a hand-selected box of gourmet treats, coop accessories, grooming tools, and more fun stuff. A subscription box is an excellent way to discover new favorite treats and a thoughtful gift for the backyard chicken owner who has everything.

Chicken Mug Mug

A cute minimalistic chicken mug…on a mug? Yes please! That’s what all the chicken lovers you know will be thinking when they unwrap this adorable gift. Choose from a coffee cup size, a tea cup size, or a large breakfast mug size. Or, grab all three! The hand-glazed ceramic mug is microwave safe but should probably be hand-washed to protect that delicate beak.

Vinyl Chicken Decals

Vinyl decals and stickers have become all the rage in the past few years. This inquisitive little clucker is sure to make chicken lovers laugh – whether they stick it on their Macbook, phone case, or water bottle. While you’re at it, pick up this chicken in glasses and a headband, too. Not the right style? Check out these charming chicken family silhouettes or these realistic vinyl chicken wall decals instead.