So after 2000 miles with chickens I really have to say they're not much fun to travel with. They ride fine and are pretty quiet. I've been using my pups crate for them but it's a real pain loading and unloading them everyday. The worst part is the smell. I have had to hose out the cages every opportunity but unfortunately that is sometimes hard to find.
I got the idea to bring them along after seeing a thing about a guy who had a hen on his boat but he must've kept it up deck bc I can't imagine living with them this closely for any real length of time. This has been a fun little experiment but all in all I wouldnt recommend it. Pics attached are birds and their cage after one day.