The total number of chickens depends on your animal designator. For most unincorporated areas the total is 25 chickens. The number is higher in very rural areas or in areas of intensive and usually stinky agriculture.
Yes it is the rule except that if you are on a property of .5 to one acre you are allowed 4 roosters and if your property is greater that one acre up to 5 acres you can have 6 roosters. If you are using the 4H exemption you need written documentation and approval of the project because cock...
Necropsy at the San Bernardino is free. The preliminary report comes back in just a few days, the final report after all the tests are run takes about 2-3 weeks. Just bring your dead bird in as fresh as possible. You can also bring in a sick bird and the will euthanize it and perform the necropsy.
Does your HOA want your chicken to be a certified therapy animal? This would mean training for you and your chicken team. Pet Partners(formally the Delta society) certifies pet/human teams and is one of the few organizations that works with animals other than dogs. You may be able to get some...
I'm not seeing any single combs but maybe I should separate the two lines while I can still tell them apart and then see what happens with the offspring. I wonder if the single comb is lurking in one or both lines
Well I think it would be nice if somebody imported some new blood from the UK but i just got through reading the thread on importing eggs and it sound really difficult and expensive and importing adult birds is even harder I hear. But I did get my redcaps from Sandhill along with lots of extra...
I would like to vaccinate because I have had outbreaks of fowl pox and I believe I have lost some birds to Mereks. I have given the vaccines that are given as drops but I'm always hatching just a few eggs at a time or just getting a few birds here and there. I always quarantine new birds but I...
I think it should be ok. There really are not that many areas in San Diego County that allow more than 25 chickens that are not way out in the sticks. People with serious chicken addictions need to know about places where they can legally indulge in their habit. A neighbor told me that many...