I usually write Fragile, Perishable, and EGGS.
I don't use overly intelligent $20 words like "live embryo"
I like to keep it to simple everyday words that postal workers already have a definition for.
The first two they actually have stamps for stamping pacages.
Fragile - this can...
Not good to make your issues public unless you have exhausted the alternatives. Reputable breeders would hesitate to SELL to a person known to complain loudly in public, even so with no picture.
And don't even get me started on customers that want you to respond instantly and keep in...
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_health/animal_dis_spec/poultry/downloads/osa-npip.pdf
Here is the federal site they have lists for every state that participates.
Most states require NPIP for anything coming into the state, but it is not strictly enforced.
AI is required by just a few...
It seems like the post office has MOREholidays than the rest of us! Who gets off from work for Presidents Day? I'm lucky to get Thanksgiving and Christmas. No point in putting up any auctions today. Omelet anyone?
ok RANT OVER
Someone from these threads or from a group I belong to, I would say yes. (I like chicken people). I've had a few of my neighbors 'drop by'. But, the general public ... NO!
We have Buckeyes, Bresse, Dominiques., and, a few Silkies and Bantam Choc Orpington.
Hatching eggs now, Chicks soon (in the incubator).
We also have some extra Buckeye Cockerels.
NPIP / AI clean certified!
I'm going to post an Auction.
I might post an auction or two. I have two very good dual purpose breeds. NPIP / AI
Anybody interested in Buckeyes, Lay Line.
OR; White American Bresse, two generations away from Greenfire line.
Should sellers state if they are NPIP or not???
Whether or not you are NPIP / AI certified does not SAY if you do or do not have healthy birds.
It does mean that you meet certain minimum standards in your operation and that the birds tested to be free of Pullarium and / or Avian Influenza...