The rule specifically says "small birds."
I will ignore the EE as there is no standard, so there is no way to determine their weight. The San Diego Zoo website lists the weight of the largest macaw as up to 3.7 lb, on another site I found a different macaw species weight listed at 4.2 lb. Either of these weights is slightly larger than the largest bantams, and about on par with the smaller breeds of large fowl. Considerably smaller than the buff orpington and RIR, whose weights are 8 & 6.5 lb according to Henderson's Chicken Breed Chart.
Yes, market turkeys and geese, ostrichs and emu weigh considerably more, but it would be unusual to find them kept in a "bird cage" setting. If maintained as pets they would almost certainly be kept in a pen or kennel.
Bald and golden eagles weigh 10.6 & 10 lbs, respectively, and are listed as "very large" on whatbird.com. A red tail hawk at 2.3 lb is listed as large. A great blue heron is 5.7 lbs. A canada goose is 8.4 lbs. These species encompass the sizes of your birds and no one could consider any of them "small."
I will ignore the EE as there is no standard, so there is no way to determine their weight. The San Diego Zoo website lists the weight of the largest macaw as up to 3.7 lb, on another site I found a different macaw species weight listed at 4.2 lb. Either of these weights is slightly larger than the largest bantams, and about on par with the smaller breeds of large fowl. Considerably smaller than the buff orpington and RIR, whose weights are 8 & 6.5 lb according to Henderson's Chicken Breed Chart.
Yes, market turkeys and geese, ostrichs and emu weigh considerably more, but it would be unusual to find them kept in a "bird cage" setting. If maintained as pets they would almost certainly be kept in a pen or kennel.
Bald and golden eagles weigh 10.6 & 10 lbs, respectively, and are listed as "very large" on whatbird.com. A red tail hawk at 2.3 lb is listed as large. A great blue heron is 5.7 lbs. A canada goose is 8.4 lbs. These species encompass the sizes of your birds and no one could consider any of them "small."
