what types of chooks do you keep?

Jeff Trescott · **Posted:** Sat Jul 14, 2007 5:34 pm

forgot to mention we have some zebra finches too we have white & grey they breed like mosquitoes

ow! and a got a pair of yellow budgies out of the paper last weekend big show birds

Jeff

Forum Tech Support · **Posted:** Tue Jul 17, 2007 7:23 pm

I'm sure Bev is real happy about that Jt?

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Tahir · **Posted:** Wed Jul 18, 2007 5:50 am

oh, i just bought 8 white leghorn hens.

bunyanuternie · **Joined:** Wed Jul 11, 2007 10:31 pm **Posts:** 2903

Hi I thought I should mention my Beautiful Leghorns , I breed Brown Leghorns, PURE , Sussex PURE , and keep a lot of brown leghorn crosses which I find are the best I also incubate and currently have R.I.R Australorpe and Sussex chickens All Pure , my favourites are definately the leghorn crosse I have my own line which have a beatiful nature and colour and are great egg producers , as well as the guinea fowls and peacocks of course IAN , :-)

Jeff Trescott · **Posted:** Sun Jul 22, 2007 12:21 pm

Are the leghorns loud crowers? i do like the look of them, we saw some blacks at an auction but Bev thought they would be to loud.

Jeff

cacklesq · **Posted:** Sun Jul 22, 2007 1:14 pm

Chooks I keep: bantam Australorps (hens only)
Silver Sussex pullets
+ crossbred Silver Sussex X (suspected) OEG bantam pullet
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Chooks I can't keep

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3 cockerels: 2 Silver Sussex, 1 Silver Sussex x Plymouth Rock - 6 months old - has started crowing so only a matter of time before Animal Control Officer turns up :roll:

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Peacocks Australia · **Joined:** Wed Jan 02, 2002 9:14 am **Posts:** 310755

Hello Cackles, Welcome to the Forum, does the Goldcoast Council allow any Roosters? are you in or near the Hinterlands?

Thanks
Peacocks Australia :lol:

cacklesq · **Posted:** Mon Jul 23, 2007 12:55 am

Thanks for the welcome. I am on a residential block, just under 1/4 acre (994 sq m) so can have 6 head of adult poultry excluding roosters, and more with a permit but I've yet to investigate the guidelines for granting of the permit, other than annual fees. The animal management section of the council website gives the following:

Birds & poultry

To ensure that your birds or poultry are kept without nuisance to your neighbours you are required to comply with the following rules:

* keep your birds or poultry contained to an aviary or enclosure
* keep seed or any bird food in a sealed, vermin proof container
* aviaries and enclosures are to be thoroughly cleaned on a weekly basis

Restrictions apply to the number of birds that can be kept on a property, however more than these numbers may be allowed with a special Council permit.
Bird / poultry Landsize (metres²) Allowance
Budgerigars, canaries and other birds of a similar size Less than 300 Up to four birds
Budgerigars, canaries and other birds of a similar size More than 300 Up to 20 birds
Cockatoos, galahs and other birds of similar size Less than 4000 Up to one bird
Cockatoos, galahs and other birds of similar size More than 4000 No restrictions
Pigeons Less than 800 Nil
Pigeons More than 800 Up to 20 pigeons*
Roosters, peacocks, ostriches & emus Less than 4000 Nil
Roosters, peacocks, ostriches & emus More than 4000 No restrictions
Geese, ducks, chickens, turkeys & other poultry (except roosters) Less than 800 Nil
Geese, ducks, chickens, turkeys & other poultry (except roosters) 800 to 4000 Up to six poultry
Geese, ducks, chickens, turkeys & other poultry (except roosters) More than 4000 Up to 30 poultry

*Note: A member of the Pigeon Racing association may have more than 20 pigeons on landsize greater than 800 metres².

More information than you really wanted in a polite enquiry, I think! :lol:

Jeff Trescott · **Posted:** Mon Jul 23, 2007 3:17 pm

welcome cackles, we have issues with our local ranger, he told us we could only have 1 rooster but when we checked with our local MP who we know quite well it wasn't true it pays to check up. your information is very good and in plain english too.

Jeff

snowbald · **Posted:** Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:52 pm

Welcome Cackles,
It seems ridiculous that you can have on 3999m2 one Cockatoo, but on 4001m2 there is no restriction, ie. you could have a million,or no Emu's on 3999m2 but a whole flock on 4001m2. :?:

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There obviously could be an overcrowding problem with these scenarios, but you would have thought that common sense would determine a lot of these Local Govt. rulings-- ie. 0 -500m2, 501-- 1000m2, 1001---1500m2
etc etc. or something along those lines :idea:

I think the gaps to large.

Anyhow I'm sure you will enjoy your birds even though you have no Roosters to keep going the traits in your birds that you admire,maybe your suplier will do that for you.In the meantime you have the enjoyment of having home grown EGGS.

All the best,regards,
Snowball :-D

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