ESA certification

[EggSighted4Life]

Recent pics of August.
She/he is starting to grow little tufts of feathers coming out of the sides of the head

Hey, not a bad looking barn yard mix!

Sounds like a fun farm.

While the beard gene will inhibit waddle size, and it's still too early for gender feathers... comb and waddle color and size indicate pullet still. Of course having so many fun genes can make it a little harder sometimes, but my Marans and many of my other breeds are showing signs much earlier. We always consider them guilty until proven female, cuz we don't wanna get our hopes up for female... but I was gonna say would probably choose a female name, but you got that covered already!

Cute, thanks for sharing!

 

[AnotherMeOhMy]

Recent pics of August.
She/he is starting to grow little tufts of feathers coming out of the sides of the head

Some pics fron last week now

 

[AnotherMeOhMy]

Hey, not a bad looking barn yard mix!

Sounds like a fun farm.

While the beard gene will inhibit waddle size, and it's still too early for gender feathers... comb and waddle color and size indicate pullet still. Of course having so many fun genes can make it a little harder sometimes, but my Marans and many of my other breeds are showing signs much earlier. We always consider them guilty until proven female, cuz we don't wanna get our hopes up for female... but I was gonna say would probably choose a female name, but you got that covered already!

Cute, thanks for sharing!

Hahah thank you!
August was smaller than her? Hatchmates. Also developed much slower. But this lil bjrd is spoiled and eats.very well.
Wholesome food and some organics. Yogurt and fresh as well as dried mealworms are on the menu. Chia,Flax,Millet,fresh oats,scrambled eggs,fresh cooked corn,sunflower and pumpkin seeds raw and so on

 

[EggSighted4Life]

Chia,Flax,Millet,fresh oats,scrambled eggs,fresh cooked corn,sunflower and pumpkin seeds raw and so on

Careful, most these things are VERY high in fat...

A formulated chick ration would be best as a main feed source if you have that option... and all other things should not equal more than 10% of the total daily ration.

Eggs for example are 34% protein and 64% fat by energy.

Sounds delicious though! When you have time you can try sprouting some of those to make the nutrients even more bio available. It's easy to do and can be a lot of fun and the birds enjoy it a lot. If you grow the sprouts out for 7 days they even turn green, for a little more enrichment. I know you said you take trips outdoors, you think August gets plenty of grit for digestion when out there? Also sounds like you care and try really hard.

 

[IdyllwildAcres]

You're actually right and wrong. If you stopped someone from renting because they had an ESA, that's discrimination. So long as there is proper documentation, they can be housed in any (proper) housing with their owners. So long as the owner can own the animal (so no exotics/etc), and the animal is being taken care of to animal welfare standards/not being destructive, you CANNOT discriminate against someone for living with their ESA. That would be illegal. I mean, you can. And clearly you said you would - but in the eyes of the law, it is illegal. Birds are domestic animals, and are allowed to be kept indoors. Even in your rental.

You are right that you (probably) could not bring a chicken in a grocery store, though! ESAs do not have public access - the only animals that currently have true public access are dogs and miniature horses. ESAs are support animals, not service animals. Service animals are the ones allowed public access. The only problem is that the legal definition of service animal is piss poor. Technically there is no legal precedent for types of animals - although dogs and miniature horses are the only ones with actual training organizations that I know of - and the amount of tasks they are required to perform has no precedent, either. They have to be trained tasks, and most people will tell you at least two, that relate to supporting/aiding the owner in some way. I mean, if you could train a chicken to perform at least two tasks that relate to PTSD aid, technically it would be legal. However, there arises the issue that any animal considered a threat to public health/safety/a disturbance in general can be asked to leave - whether you have a thousands of dollar seeing eye dog who spent years in training or an ESA just meant to block/comfort, if they act up in any public location the owner can ask you to leave.

Don't let anyone fool you, OP. There are NO certifications for ESAs - all those registries for dogs and such are scams. All that is required, technically, is a doctor's order for the animal. Be aware that you still have to comply with the ordinances set forth by your community, though. If chickens are zoned as livestock specifically, that's a no go for housing/transport. If they allow "birds," or fowl as indoor pets, though, you should be in the clear.

Don't waste your money trying to go through a fake registry. They have no legal standing, and giving them money just gives them more power.

DO be aware that transportation services are not REQUIRED to make exceptions for unusual animals, domestic or otherwise. If you are doing this to try to get the bird on a plane or whatever, as some people like to try to do, it's not going to fly (no pun intended). If Airline A doesn't ship birds and fowl at all, they are not required to let you bring your bird on board. If Airline B does ship birds, it's a little more fuzzy - I don't know of any precedents concerning it. I don't know if the FAA would allow them to consider it an "unusual animal," if they regularly transport them anyway.

Sorry for the long rant-y post. I have pretty bad anxiety/depression and have an ESA myself, who is just a cat. It's still a pain in the butt trying to do anything with him, though. No, he doesn't have public access, but he is allowed in homes with me. I try to be very up front about the fact that I have him, that he is legal and has doctor documentation, and I've never even had a reply to any housing application I've put in. I can't imagine how difficult it would be with a chicken. Dogs and miniature horses just don't fly for everyone, though. Sometimes you need support from a different kind of animal, and that's okay - so long as you're not trying to circumvent the law of the land and your animal isn't a nuisance

My rental is a short term/vacation rental and I am not required to allow ESA chickens by any law. ESA animal is not the same as a service animal, a service animal is another thing all together.

Gary

 

[AnotherMeOhMy]

Careful, most these things are VERY high in fat...

A formulated chick ration would be best as a main feed source if you have that option... and all other things should not equal more than 10% of the total daily ration.

Eggs for example are 34% protein and 64% fat by energy.

Sounds delicious though! When you have time you can try sprouting some of those to make the nutrients even more bio available. It's easy to do and can be a lot of fun and the birds enjoy it a lot. If you grow the sprouts out for 7 days they even turn green, for a little more enrichment. I know you said you take trips outdoors, you think August gets plenty of grit for digestion when out there? Also sounds like you care and try really hard.

Oh yes those are the little extras she gets.
I started her? out in organic chick starter and also added a bit of purina medicated.
Last week I got her the next step feed so chick grower.
I ad gravel and grit to her food and I sprinke it and the flax and other stuff around for her to eat at random. I didnt ad yogurt or mealworms till about 3-4 weeks.
When just a week or so August tended to stuff her crop with starter feed and I would massage it for her to make certain it digested alright.
Also as growth progressed I switched out her cage and added things like a perch,wire bottoms appropriate water dispensers and we spend more and more time outside. This is my first chicken and when I saved her from certain death un the dirt on the ranch I immediately began researching in things such as care,personality,body language etc of chicks and chickens so I coyld give August the best possible chance at life. I honestly didnt think this chick was gonna make it a week. Such a runt of a thing. Couldnt walk or anything. I had to feed her sugar water and small egg portions eith the tip of my finger.
To my and everyone elses surprise Auguat has thrived very well and is often chirping happy lil content chirps.
I did actually even learn what her chirps and squacks indicate

 

[AnotherMeOhMy]

I even made her a sand box with clean sand and grit with a bit of added hay I snip into small pieces for dust baths. August loves it! So cute watching the dust baths,which has been going on for quite some time.