Small & Independent Poultry Producers. Commercial Poultry Producers. Feral Birds, Fighting Cocks, Specialty Birds, e.g.

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1 Additional Thoughts on Poultry Compensation Stephen L. Ott Commercial Poultry Producers Small & Independent Poultry Producers Backyard, Exhibition (Show), Pets, Zoos Feral Birds, Fighting Cocks, Specialty Birds, e.g. racing pigeons 1

2 Commercial poultry Value based upon industry data Backyard, exhibition (show), pets, zoos Value = Established replacement costs Value = cost of young chicks plus cost of feed to reach adulthood Exhibition Championship Flock Bird Quality Suggested by President ABA Flock Distribution Price Range Backyard / Meat (culls) 20% $5 - $8 Birds for beginning exhibitor Breeder birds for advanced exhibitor Next generation parents: championship flock 50% $35 - $50 20% $50 - $75 10% $100 - $200 Flock weighted average $50 2

3 Bird Values from California, 2003 (USD / bird) Domestic Fowl Pricing (California, May 8, 2003) Range Chickens Back yard Chicken $5-$15$15 Crossbred Common Bantam $2-$5$5 Purebred Exhibition $5-$25$25 Chicks $0.50-$5$5 Pit Game Fighting Cocks Pit Game Proven (1 year or older) $75-$100$100 Pit Game Unproven (less 1 year old) $50-$100$100 Brood cocks $50-$200$200 Brood Hens $35-$125$125 Ducks Duck Black $16-$17$17 Duck Fulvous $20-$22$22 Duck Greenwing Teal $27 Duck Hood Mergansers $50 Duck Manderine $20 Duck Marble Teal $22-$25$25 Duck Pintail $20 Duck Red Crested $20 Pochards $22 Duck Redhead $20 Duck Ringed Teal $20 Duck Ruddy $50 Duck Teal $25 Duck wood duck $15 Domestic Ducks $10-$25 $25 3

4 Domestic Fowl Pricing (California, May 8, 2003) Pigeon Pigeon Nicobar $250 Pigeon Racing $6 Pigeons $3-$20$20 Pheasant Pheasant $12-$50$50 Pheasant Amherst $12 Pheasant Golden $12 Pheasant Reeves $12 Swan Swan Black Neck $500 Swan Trumpeter $500 Geese Goose Blue $50 Goose Egyption $30 Goose Ganada $36 Goose Magellan $125 Goose Red-breasted $250 Goose Sebastropol $50 Goose Crossbred $5-$10$10 Goose Purebred $10-$20$20 Miscellaneous birds Peacock $25-$100$100 Peafowl $50-$100$100 Quail $3-$20$20 Quail Bobwhite $4 Turkeys $15-$30$30 Ostriches $75-$100$100 Emus $75-$150$150 California Bird Prices, December, 2003 Gamecocks (Fighting Cocks) Brood Cocks (caged breeding birds) $50 - $200 Brood Hens (caged breeding birds) $35 - $125 Fighting Roosters (loose birds) $25 - $100 Hens (loose birds) $25 - $50 Juvenile $20 - $40 Chicks $5 Backyard Chickens: Male, Female $5 - $15 Game-Hunting Birds, Water Fowl, Exhibition Doves $5 - $12 Ducks $5 - $20 Geese $15 - $25 Guinea $10 - $15 Ostriches/Emus $75 - $150 Game Birds, Water Fowl, Exhibition Peacock $25 - $100 Pigeon: Nicobar $250 Pigeon: Racing $6 Pigeon: Other $3 - $20 Quail $5 - $10 Turkeys $15 - $30 Pheasants Red, Yellow $200 Impeyian $400 Swine hoe $300 White Crested Kalij $300 Silver $120 Golden $150 Lady Amherst $175 Blueback Mongolian $35 Albino $250 4

5 Pet Bird Values (California, December, 2003) Amazon Yellow Naped Amazon (Amazona auropalliata) $1,000 Yellow Faced Amazon (Amazona xanthops) $800 Tres Maria Amazon (Amazona ochrocephala tresmarie) $1,200 Blue Fronted Amazon (Amazona aestiva xanthopteryx) $700-$900$900 Double Yellow Headed Amazon (Amazon ochrocephala oratrix) $600-$850$850 Jamaican Yellow Billed Amazon (Amazonia collaria) $1,800 Cackatoo Red-Vented Cockatoo (Cacatua haematuropygia) $2,200 Umbrella Cockatoo (Cacatua alba) $1,000 Ducorp Cockatoo (Cacatua ducorps) $1,000 Goffin Cockatoo (Cacatua ducorps) $700-$1000$1000 Leadbeater Cockatoo (Cacatua leadbeateri) $4,000 Moluccan Cockatoo (Cacatua moluccensis) $600-$1500$1500 Long Billed Corella Cockatoo (Cacatua tenuirostris) $2,200 Cockatoo $500-$1500$1500 Pet Bird Values (California, December, 2003) Conure Green Conure (Pyrrhura molinae) $250 Sun Conure (Aratinga solstitialis) $350 Yellow Green Conure (Pyrrhura malinae) $400 Fallow Green checked Conure (Pyrrhura Molinae) $250 Small Pet Birds Finches $5-$35$35 Finches Common $5-$20$20 Lovebirds $25-$75$75 Parakeets $5-$25$25 Canaries $25-$100$100 Cockatiels $25-$100$100 5

6 Small or Independent Producers Production from a few hundred to a hundreds of thousand birds May have own breeding lines Value the same as similar birds in large commercial operations, unless owner can demonstrate with production, financial and tax records their birds are worth more Feral Birds Owned by no one, yet could be a community food resource Their elimination may be important in disease control Methods for obtaining such birds Government paid hunters But doesn t address loss value to the community Pay bounty for dead birds presented to government officials Bounty must be less than indemnity paid for backyard birds 6

7 Fighting Cocks Ownership is legal, but the fighting may not be Ability to fight gives rise to increased value Moral dilemma Paying more for birds that fight may be viewed by the public as government endorsement of cock fighting which can cause public relations problems However, such owners are often expert at avoiding government officials and will hide their birds during a disease outbreak May want to develop government or official fighting pits Would allow disease testing of such birds Also generate tax revenue Work with such owners before an outbreak Establish typical distribution of quality within a fighting bird flock and values associated with various quality levels Specialty Birds Birds with very unique characteristics Examples: racing pigeons, rolling skating parrot How to value such characteristics? Expert opinion Need to be careful of bias, especially if expert is not experienced in appraisal methods May want to have a maximum valuation 7