1. Additional Thoughts on Poultry Compensation Stephen L. Ott

2. Commercial Poultry Producers Small & Independent Poultry Producers Backyard, Exhibition (Show), Pets, Zoos Feral Birds, Fighting Cocks, Specialty Birds, e.g. racing pigeons

3. Commercial poultry Value based upon industry data Value based upon industry data Backyard, exhibition (show), pets, zoos Value = Established replacement costs Value = Established replacement costs Value = cost of young chicks plus cost of feed to reach adulthood Value = cost of young chicks plus cost of feed to reach adulthood

4. Exhibition Championship Flock Suggested by President ABA Bird Quality Flock Distribution Price Range Backyard / Meat (culls) 20% $5 - $8 Birds for beginning exhibitor 50% $35 - $50 Breeder birds for advanced exhibitor 20% $50 - $75 Next generation parents: championship flock 10% $100 - $200 Flock weighted average $50

5. Bird Values from California, 2003 (USD / bird)

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

7. Domestic Fowl Pricing (California, May 8, 2003) Pigeon Pigeon Nicobar $250 Pigeon Nicobar $250 Pigeon Racing $6 Pigeon Racing $6 Pigeons $3-$20 Pigeons $3-$20Pheasant Pheasant $12-$50 Pheasant $12-$50 Pheasant Amherst $12 Pheasant Amherst $12 Pheasant Golden $12 Pheasant Golden $12 Pheasant Reeves $12 Pheasant Reeves $12 Swan Swan Swan Black Neck $500 Swan Black Neck $500 Swan Trumpeter $500 Swan Trumpeter $500Geese Goose Blue $50 Goose Egyption $30 Goose Ganada $36 Goose Magellan $125 Goose Red-breasted $250 Goose Sebastropol $50 Goose Crossbred $5-$10 Goose Purebred $10-$20 Miscellaneous birds Peacock $25-$100 Peafowl $50-$100 Quail $3-$20 Quail Bobwhite $4 Turkeys $15-$30 Ostriches $75-$100 Emus $75-$150

8. Gamecocks(Fighting Cocks) Brood Cocks Brood Cocks (caged breeding birds) $50 - $200 (caged breeding birds) $50 - $200 Brood Hens Brood Hens (caged breeding birds) $35 - $125 (caged breeding birds) $35 - $125 Fighting Roosters Fighting Roosters (loose birds) $25 - $100 (loose birds) $25 - $100 Hens (loose birds) $25 - $50 Hens (loose birds) $25 - $50 Juvenile $20 - $40 Juvenile $20 - $40 Chicks $5 Chicks $5 Backyard Chickens: Backyard Chickens: Male, Female $5 - $15 Male, Female $5 - $15 Game-Hunting Birds, Water Fowl, Exhibition Doves $5 - $12 Doves $5 - $12 Ducks $5 - $20 Ducks $5 - $20 Geese $15 - $25 Geese $15 - $25 Guinea $10 - $15 Guinea $10 - $15 Ostriches/Emus $75 - $150 Ostriches/Emus $75 - $150 Game Birds, Water Fowl, Exhibition Peacock $25 - $100 Peacock $25 - $100 Pigeon: Nicobar $250 Pigeon: Nicobar $250 Pigeon: Racing $6 Pigeon: Racing $6 Pigeon: Other $3 - $20 Pigeon: Other $3 - $20 Quail $5 - $10 Quail $5 - $10 Turkeys $15 - $30 Turkeys $15 - $30Pheasants Red, Yellow $200 Red, Yellow $200 Impeyian $400 Impeyian $400 Swine hoe $300 Swine hoe $300 WhiteCrested Kalij $300 WhiteCrested Kalij $300 Silver $120 Silver $120 Golden $150 Golden $150 Lady Amherst $175 Lady Amherst $175 Blueback Mongolian $35 Blueback Mongolian $35 Albino $250 Albino $250 California Bird Prices, December, 2003

9. Pet Bird Values (California, December, 2003) Amazon Yellow Naped Amazon (Amazona auropalliata) $1,000 Yellow Naped Amazon (Amazona auropalliata) $1,000 Yellow Faced Amazon (Amazona xanthops) $800 Yellow Faced Amazon (Amazona xanthops) $800 Tres Maria Amazon (Amazona ochrocephala tresmarie) $1,200 Tres Maria Amazon (Amazona ochrocephala tresmarie) $1,200 Blue Fronted Amazon (Amazona aestiva xanthopteryx) $700-$900 Blue Fronted Amazon (Amazona aestiva xanthopteryx) $700-$900 Double Yellow Headed Amazon (Amazon ochrocephala oratrix) $600-$850 Double Yellow Headed Amazon (Amazon ochrocephala oratrix) $600-$850 Jamaican Yellow Billed Amazon (Amazonia collaria) $1,800 Jamaican Yellow Billed Amazon (Amazonia collaria) $1,800Cackatoo Red-Vented Cockatoo (Cacatua haematuropygia) $2,200 Red-Vented Cockatoo (Cacatua haematuropygia) $2,200 Umbrella Cockatoo (Cacatua alba) $1,000 Umbrella Cockatoo (Cacatua alba) $1,000 Ducorp Cockatoo (Cacatua ducorps) $1,000 Ducorp Cockatoo (Cacatua ducorps) $1,000 Goffin Cockatoo (Cacatua ducorps) $700-$1000 Goffin Cockatoo (Cacatua ducorps) $700-$1000 Leadbeater Cockatoo (Cacatua leadbeateri) $4,000 Leadbeater Cockatoo (Cacatua leadbeateri) $4,000 Moluccan Cockatoo (Cacatua moluccensis) $600-$1500 Moluccan Cockatoo (Cacatua moluccensis) $600-$1500 Long Billed Corella Cockatoo (Cacatua tenuirostris) $2,200 Long Billed Corella Cockatoo (Cacatua tenuirostris) $2,200 Cockatoo $500-$1500 Cockatoo $500-$1500

10. Pet Bird Values (California, December, 2003) Conure Green Conure (Pyrrhura molinae) $250 Green Conure (Pyrrhura molinae) $250 Sun Conure (Aratinga solstitialis) $350 Sun Conure (Aratinga solstitialis) $350 Yellow Green Conure (Pyrrhura malinae) $400 Yellow Green Conure (Pyrrhura malinae) $400 Fallow Green checked Conure (Pyrrhura Molinae) $250 Fallow Green checked Conure (Pyrrhura Molinae) $250 Small Pet Birds Finches $5-$35 Finches $5-$35 Finches Common $5-$20 Finches Common $5-$20 Lovebirds $25-$75 Lovebirds $25-$75 Parakeets $5-$25 Parakeets $5-$25 Canaries $25-$100 Canaries $25-$100 Cockatiels $25-$100 Cockatiels $25-$100

11. 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

12. 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 Government paid hunters But doesnt address loss value to the community But doesnt address loss value to the community Pay bounty for dead birds presented to government officials Pay bounty for dead birds presented to government officials Bounty must be less than indemnity paid for backyard birds Bounty must be less than indemnity paid for backyard birds

13. 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 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 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 May want to develop government or official fighting pits Would allow disease testing of such birds Would allow disease testing of such birds Also generate tax revenue 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 Establish typical distribution of quality within a fighting bird flock and values associated with various quality levels

14. Specialty Birds Birds with very unique characteristics Examples: racing pigeons, rolling skating parrot Examples: racing pigeons, rolling skating parrot How to value such characteristics? Expert opinion Expert opinion Need to be careful of bias, especially if expert is not experienced in appraisal methods Need to be careful of bias, especially if expert is not experienced in appraisal methods May want to have a maximum valuation