Technically, neither can we.
I refer to these as "Asian Ground Parrots". Pets, not livestock.
Thankfully, I can just call my chicken chicken around here. Asian Ground Parrots.... such an interesting idea. Sure I keep a pseudo exotic breed as well with my Sumatras. However, ground parrots in a region with 2 different species of parrots(red and green capped), I can't imagine anyone would go for the ground parrot thing here in TexMexico.
I imagine you could totally get away with it though(the Asian Ground parrot thing) when the little buggers are mature at only 5 or so pounds and make butt nuggets half as large as a grown mans thumb, and don't look like anybody's idea of a chicken. Regardless, mine are still chicken to me for the legal protection Texas law provides.
I'm so happy I live in a region of Texas that is still stuck in the 1950's. I gave my local fruit stand vendor a dozen eggs after he was telling me about what makes Mexican raised eggs and chicken taste so much better than pale yolked steroidal things from
Walmart. The guy never asked if I was NPIP certified just took them and said thank you, then told me my free rangers were lacking a true orange hue(egg yolks). I still don't get the point he was making regarding yolk color as the only thing I feed my chicken now that they are mature is their own butt nuggets scrambled and cooled prior to roost o'clock(I hate seeing empty crops in the flock and prefer to scrape poo off the coop floor than think they are hungry at night).
Regardless, these free rangers do produce the most orange hued yolks I have yet to see. The whole conversation began over a discussion of him stocking(and being out of) purple garlic from Mexico vs. the bleached white junk from China. Regardless, I am sure I am driveling on, and adapting to a life of only having seasonal non GMO veggies as my breakfast smootie has forced to use papaya(instead of Mango/Pineapple) plus bananas and seasonal citrus. Oh yeah, the fruit store guy is a cash and carry business everything is sold at the dollar level not by weight, so 30ish key limes for a buck, papaya for a buck, and if I am feeling really cheap I will steal food from the mouths of our Green Jays and eat my own citrus for breakfast. One other cool thing about this area is the vanilla I use comes from south of the border at around 2 bucks a liter(totally banned by the FDA for it's carcinogens since the 1980's), regardless it does taste better than the imitation DOW/Corning stuff you buy from HEB and actually need to measure because it is so expensive.
