Smoky Mtn East TN

[amenfarm]

Don't settle on anything until you talk to the county and city before you move/ sign a lease/ buy a house-I would get it in writing also, I keep hearing total horror stories here. Rules change, and not everyone knows about those changes. I'm in a ag-1 zone, so I'm safe unless I apply for a zone change--read-Never happening.

 

[laughingdog]

Talk to the local animal control, as have found though many keep chickens goat sheep etc.. they and all livestock technically illegal in morristown, and can have taken away as any complaints happen (they told me, them being deputy sheriffs, id hope not lying to me). newport i don't know if legal or not, but many have chooks, and some have turkey etc.

 

[termites1938]

You might want to contact the county extension office or local farm/feed stores for info on raising chickens.

 

[Lunar]

Hey folks!
I have been away for a while and wanted to check in and see if anyone has Blue-Laced Red LG Wyandottes in the splash variant for sale. I am in the upper corner of east TN but would be willing to meet anyone with these in chick, juvie or possibly even eggs if they know they are splash or blue.

Send me a pm or drop a post on here. Thanks a million!

 

[laughingdog]

Anyone interested in buying Missouri cottontail pair (young)? Or trading for caging, or pigeon breeds?

 

[Lunar]

Hey Laughfingdog, just out of curiosity....what is a good small breed of pigeon to start with? I have never had any before, but have been curious about them for years. I see you have Chinese Owls too...is that real owls or a name for a type of pigeon? I have Owl finches.

 

[laughingdog]

Good common small breed would be birmingham rollers (easiest cheapest n do good crowding in small cage/coop eating half to fourth of other pigeons at half to fourth of cup for two). Only two drawback having flying rollers is most have great flying n performance except in standard ones, ten to thirty feet of not able to count backwards Summersaults straight down. No twizzling flitting etc even.. Good rollers can be gotten for free, or two to five dollars, but usually start at ten dollars and go up by foot or more, but usual rule of thumb "never pay more for bird than ten dollars, as its still just a bird"! Lol ol hobby guys say.
I keep Portuguese tumblers that are budgie/parakeet sized though too (fourth to half size of other pigeons). Lol. I have Portuguese tumblers tumblers for sale at $20 a pair (usually at very least $25-$50), as are rare getting performance type (well any that perform or fly and standard of breeding only to n for smallest while conforming to structure of birds), that are show quality also, and some banded still, as had bands of some cut off by shower when he sold to me.

Owls are short faced small pigeons in class that usually have interesting showy feather mutations like frizzling or frilling like my Chinese and Italian owls I had.

 

[Lunar]

IF I was looking for just some to keep and not perform/show for a while, your Port. Tumblers sound interesting. Got Pix??? You can send privately on here if you like. Do they have to fly outdoors? IF they are that small, I would be afraid in my area to let them as we have hawks, etc. How do they do in our winters?? I have some old Parrot cages that are 3x2x2 that I thought of putting them in my bird room. It is temp controlled and has sliding glass doors for outside viewing. I do have an Amazon parrot and a goffin cockatoo, and I used to raise keets when I was first starting out in birds. I loved my budgies.

Where is a good website I can learn on about these and some of the others?

What do your Chinese Owls run for a pair? I was surfing them on the web already. Thanks for all the info!

 

[laughingdog]

I don't have the owls anymore, but can check with people who are breeding them that bought originals from me.

The ports are hardy in cold, but don't like eighties weather, n do best with plastic chic feeders n waterers.
They can eat surprisingly decent sized feed but not whole corn.
The ports do good in parrot cage had in, n now in rabbit cage (36x30x16), n do good on layer crumbles. I fly mine with no probs, but they stay roof high only, owls fell prey to bops, so says something for their flying performance, and they return excellently on command to coop or me either way now to whistling song from kill bill movie. Lol

 

[laughingdog]

There is one good port site in English and called Portuguese tumbler society or Portuguesetumblers.com or something like that. They breed well n care for own young even though show quality, as one pair raised and incubated from start and huge white homer/egg with four ports.