2018 Newbie Chat!

[Llamacorn]

From what I have read "Asian Blacks" are a mix. I have only a little chicken knowledge. what kinda chicks do these look like to you? I dont csre one way or another as long as they are healthy which so far they are.

 

[PNW_Peepers]

Pic #2 looks like ayam cemani. No clue on the others yet. If you can post more pics of their feet/shanks that would help tremendously.

 

[Llamacorn]

Pic #2 looks like ayam cemani. No clue on the others yet. If you can post more pics of their feet/shanks that would help tremendously.

I will try and sneak in and get more pictures soon. my son refuses to leave them alone hahaha. hopefully we raise some very loving friendly chickens or he will be upset XD

 

[PNW_Peepers]

From what I have read "Asian Blacks" are a mix. I have only a little chicken knowledge. what kinda chicks do these look like to you? I dont csre one way or another as long as they are healthy which so far they are.

The ones with white spots look to be male black sex links. Females are born without the spot. Hopefully TSC didn’t discount them because they were all guaranteed cockerels. They’ve been known to do shady things like that in the past.

 

[CannedMonster]

I am here with a very heavy heart tonight, earlier today while I was out visiting my dad who is gravely ill in hospital, a member of the council came to our home and told my daughter they have received a complaint about our birds and has said we are not permitted to keep them. When these properties were built 40 years ago there was a covenant which had to be signed on purchase containing rules and regulations of which includes no livestock are to be kept on or in the property, only domesticated animals such as cats, dogs, caged birds (parrots, budgies etc) it also states that no buildings other than ornamental can be built. My parents own our home and I rent it from them, my dad is adamant that there is nothing in the deeds that livestock can not be kept, however he is too sick to be able to contact the solicitor who holds his deeds to double check this is correct, and he is too sick for me to talk too much to him about it. The doctors have told us he won't get better but don't expect him to get worse and that if they can stabilize him (and it is looking hopeful that they can) there is no reason for him not to go home soon. He has told me that when he gets out of hospital he will check the deeds plus has offered that he will pay for a solicitor to fight our case, but we can only do that if the deeds do not stipulate that livestock can't be kept. If indeed it isn't in the deeds then we might stand a chance because the covenant was made 41 years ago and there is a law here that after so many years (I think 25 or 30 years) covenants are no longer binding, but I don't yet know if this includes the bit about livestock or about buildings (the coup/run). We had this with television aerials, for the most years I've lived here we weren't allowed aerials but as of about 10 or so years ago I found out we could have them, which is how I know about covenants only valid for an amount of years. This aside we also have a law they call noise pollution and if the authorities deem that our birds exceed the accepted level of noise we will lose the case even if we were to win on the other points. I am devastated, our birds are pets, and I am so attached to them, it will break my heart if we have to give them up. My daughter and I have discussed that in the worst case scenario, either of us could move out and rent somewhere else finding a property which permits livestock but I don't want this to happen either - I know my daughter and grandson will leave eventually but her plan is to move when she can buy a home and is looking to stay here for at least another five years. My dad also suggested he have them at his and I go everyday to tend to them but he lives right next to the woods where the foxes live and they frequent his garden regularly almost every night. I am praying my heart out that Jesus won't let them order us to get rid of our birds but for now it is a very painstaking wait.
I am unable to know for sure who complained but the council rep said it is someone who can see into our garden, and have complained about our coup and run as well as the noise. We are surrounded by a six foot fence and we are on a corner so we only have one neighbour directly beside us and one behind us, the one behind us cannot see into our garden and live in a bungalow, the one next to us, lives in a house so cannot see into our garden on ground level but can do from her upstairs windows. A couple of weeks ago she claimed to me that she gets awoken at 4:30am by pigeons and then again at 6am by our birds, I disputed this claim because we lock our birds up at night and they rarely make any noise during the night (except for the time our drake fell out of the hutch through my not locking the door properly) and we don't hear a peep out of them until after 7am when they hear my alarm clock go off (they know I'm coming to let them out) The chickens may cluck now and then during the day and often trill when they are sand bathing or basking in the sunshine but they aren't loud. The noisiest are the female ducks and on a lessor level the drakes when they rasp but they are not constantly quacking, its usually when it is treat time, feeding time, when I come home from being out for a long time they great me happy to see me or when my grandson chases them, which he is not permitted to do but typical two year old does so on occasions. I spent two weeks getting up at 5:30am and not ever have they made a sound at 6am nor before 7am, however what I did hear around 6am a few of the morning was a puppy a few doors away up the round whining. Maybe I am being biased but to me they make far less noise than the dogs barking who live in our area, far less noise than the seagulls, crows and magpies which there are many of around here and no more noise than the pigeons. For example, they usually have a treat around 5pm, I was at the hospital and my daughter hadn't realised the time and she told me at about 5:10pm they came to the window quacking and rasping, she gave them their treat and they quieted, I got home around 6:30pm the chickens were foraging the ducks were in their pools and not one made a sound, they had their usual treat shut in their run at 7pm, and put themselves to bed when it got dark like they always do, not a sound was made until I went in to lock their doors but as soon as I had done so they quieted and haven't made a sound since and won't until the morning, so how on earth can that be noise pollution!!!

I’m so sorry this happened to you!
I will pray that it gets cleared up quickly and in your favor.
This is why when DH and I were looking to buy a house last year we refused HOAs and any property with CC&Rs.
I don’t like anyone telling me how I’m supposed to live.
I hope it’s expired and unenforceable!
Yes I agree, dogs make a lot more noise but I’ve learned that my hens can be very noisy!
Especially when they sing the egg song or see something strange or that they think might be a predator.
The man came out today to survey our property and tell us where the power lines, etc. are so DH can start digging post holes for the fence on the side yard.
Those chickens made the biggest noise about the man being in their yard!

 

[Llamacorn]

The ones with white spots look to be male black sex links. Females are born without the spot. Hopefully TSC didn’t discount them because they were all guaranteed cockerels. They’ve been known to do shady things like that in the past.

we got them from the only female bin out of 4. so hopefully two are not males. by city law we can only have females.

 

[CannedMonster]

From what I have read "Asian Blacks" are a mix. I have only a little chicken knowledge. what kinda chicks do these look like to you? I dont csre one way or another as long as they are healthy which so far they are.

They’re Asian Blacks.
Some have a little white in their down and some have a little dark reddish brown.
TSC has had them for a couple of years now I think.
My friend works there.
Unfortunately they’re not a sex linked breed so you may have cockerels which aren’t very safe around toddlers once their teenage hormones hit at about 3-4 months.
Do you remember if they came from a bin that said sexed pullets?
If so, then hopefully all 4 are female.

 

[CannedMonster]

we got them from the only female bin out of 4. so hopefully two are not males. by city law we can only have females.

That’s a good sign.
Sexing day old chicks is not an exact science.
There’s a 10-15% chance of error.
I ordered 12 chicks from Meyer Hatchery recently and one of my 3 Australorps is a boy.
I’m not restricted from having roos though.

 

[Llamacorn]

They’re Asian Blacks.
Some have a little white in their down and some have a little dark reddish brown.
TSC has had them for a couple of years now I think.
My friend works there.
Unfortunately they’re not a sex linked breed so you may have cockerels which aren’t very safe around toddlers once their teenage hormones hit at about 3-4 months.
Do you remember if they came from a bin that said sexed pullets?
If so, then hopefully all 4 are female.

they did come from a bin that said female sexes pullers. so hopefully they are. but if the they are not then we will just find them a nice home 50 cents isnt to bad for some chicks to be wrong.

 

[CannedMonster]

they did come from a bin that said female sexes pullers. so hopefully they are. but if the they are not then we will just find them a nice home 50 cents isnt to bad for some chicks to be wrong.

Exactly.
It happens but the hatchery your TSC sourced them from did sex them so the odds are in your favor for now.
The white dot on the head of a black chick being male has to do with black sex-linked chicks.
The Asian Blacks can look like that or have the brown and still be female.