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I have asked our Agri/Vet Services and they said I can import them, but just need to fill out some paperwork and of there may require some documentation with the shipment or before. I have not had a chance to go and collect the paperwork as yet but I will soon as my brooder hen should be ready to lay another batch in about 2 weeks and then another 2 weeks until she starts to brood, get the eggs a bit late is not a problem as she sat on a false egg for the last 6 weeks (from about mid/late Nov), only giving up this last weekend.

So I hope I can find some sources that are willing to send at least a dozen eggs to start with. I think I will start with Barred Plymouth Rock, and then next go for Jersey Giants (some Blacks & Whites) ... I just want to get these big breeds back going on the island. The poultry industry is just interested in Hybrid Brown Layers (RIR type) and White Leghorn Layers, and then Broilers, so the Chicken Fancy per se has waned seriously in the last 20+ years, except for an underground Game Fowl aspect ... most of the backyard chickens around have slowly intermixed and while you can see some aspects/traces of the genetic background of some, needless to say the quality has gone to pot.

Please feel free send types. When I get a chance I will share some of re-introduction (since a kid) to keeping chickens in the last year or so.

Happy New Year,
David.
 
Hi and
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from Colorado! Hope you get the breeds you want!
 
David, Happy New Year and a question. Do you have a hawk problem with your pigeons in Barbados? Hawks have pretty much put me out of the pigeon game.
 
No, Hawks don't usually make it this far down south, although are seem occasionally but are likely to be chased off by wintering Peregrine Falcons that take positions all around the islands - my guess is we could have a dozen or more during the winter time - some smaller Merlin. They have taken some of my birds but recently like my birds have got wise to her (mainly a female that takes up residence) as she roost only a couple hundred yards away on the coast line and they note her every moment ... she has to do a surprise when coming back from a raid.
 
As I said I didn't think that it was that difficult to import Hatching/Hatchable Eggs from the USA (even Canada, UK, Netherlands) but it seems I can find one will to do so. Our Local Ministry of Agriculture - Vet Services have provided me with the requirements and they don't seem too difficult to comply with. In particular if you participate ins the National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP) then you should be fine. I have the requirements in a word document and will attempt to attach it here if anyone is interested - seems I have run into all kinds of dead-ends - so have a look and please let me know a.s.a.p.

Thanks,
David.

Seems I cannot attach, so here is a copy & paste of our requirements ...


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MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE
VETERINARY SERVICES
THE PINE, ST. MICHAEL,
BARBADOS.
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ANIMAL HEALTH ADMINISTRATION TEL. NOS: (246) 427-5073
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(246) 427-5492

VETERINARY SERVICES LABORATORY FAX. NO: (246) 429-2143
E-Mail: [email protected]



CONDITIONS FOR THE IMPORTATION OF POULTRY* EGGS FROM THE UNITED STATES​

*Poultry Includes: Chicken, Turkey, Pheasant, Partridge, Duck, Goose, Swan, Quail, Peafowl, Guinea Fowl, Ratites and similar Avian Species

Each shipment must be accompanied by a Veterinary Export Health Certificate issued by a Veterinarian in full time employment with U.S.D.A. stating verbatim that:

1. The flocks and the hatcheries from where the shipment described originated, were inspected within the past thirty (30) days and, as a result of careful physical examination, were found free from evidence of infectious and contagious diseases and, in so far as could be determined, have not been exposed to infectious coryza, acute fowl cholera, fowl plague (Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza), fowl pox, fowl typhoid (S. gallinarum), infectious laryngotracheitis, infectious synovitis, Newcastle disease (Avian Pneumoencephalitis), ornithosis (psittacosis), pullorum disease, tuberculosis, egg drop syndrome virus, Arizona disease, avian encephalomyelitis, chronic respiratory disease, infectious bronchitis, avian leukosis (including Marek’s disease), big liver spleen disease, vibrionic hepatitis,or infectious bursal disease; and none of these diseases have been diagnosed by serological testing or other method within the flock(s) of origin during the last six months.

  1. Hatching eggs are from flocks participating in the National Poultry Improvement Plan and the flocks certified as free from:
Salmonella pullorum, S. gallinarum, Mycoplasma synoviae, M. gallisepticum and Salmonella enteritidis

  1. There has been no direct and/or indirect contact between the birds in the flock of origin and any other birds including feral and migratory birds.

  1. No live vaccine for Newcastle Disease or any other live vaccines have been used on the supply flock(s) at any time during the three months before collection of the eggs.

  1. During the usual routine inspection of the flock(s) of origin there was no visible evidence of communicable diseases.

  1. There has been no outbreak of Newcastle disease or fowl plague (avian influenza) within a radius of thirty (30) kilometres of the flock(s) of origin in the past six (6) months.

  1. The eggs were disinfected and packed in new, clean containers with an official USDA seal.

The Veterinary Services Department must be notified of the expected time of arrival of the eggs to facilitate inspection at port of entry by an Officer of this Department. Tel: 427-5073 or 427-5492.



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Senior Veterinary Officer


2005-09-01
 

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