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Just to add, NPIP testing only tests for those things I mentioned - it wouldn't have caught the ALV in your birds, it wouldn't catch any of the respiratory diseases, it wouldn't catch Marek's, etc. So having an NPIP flock, or buying from NPIP breeders only, doesn't guarantee that the birds don't...

It's gonna vary state to state. In NY and VT, a tester comes out to test your birds for Pullorum, which involves getting a drop of blood. They do this by plucking some feather from under the wing, poking the bird so it bleeds a little, and then collecting that blood in a loop. You can also opt...