I just got off the phone with him. Yes a vet check is required. It is a signed paper from a vet that states that my birds are healthy etc. He said a vet could come here and see the birds or all six could go to the vets. I guess it would be very nice if I had a vet that would help out in an inexpensive way by seeing one bird and writing them all as healthy based on the one bird's condition.
I told him that I am brooding my own chickens and they are not coming from another farm, so he stated that I could get it done within three months.
I will need to make some calls and get ideas on this.
The other thing is that I cannot make a run for them, unless it has an impervious floor. This people have done, and put the floor in and the dirt on top. I don't like that idea at all. The chickens are allowed one hour of free roaming in your fenced in yard.
I need to think on this one. I don't want sick chickens as they feel that is the cause of having a run on the dirt etc. BUT, I want my chickens to get outside alot and one hour seems like so little. Maybe building a porch on the coop that has a floor would help. One that is screened in. I understand their concern but then too, I think that the ground can be kept cleaned up enough if the owner is conscientious about doing it. Most people have chicken runs. I guess I need to ask this on another forum for ideas.
