To kinda put things in perspective:
To ship eggs/chicks legally (export to another state) you need the NPIP forms to ship with your eggs/chicks and to ship to the state dept of each state. On those forms you must check what your birds have been tested for, and who they were shipped to. That's how they knew you received eggs. The person who shipped the eggs to you must have supplied your state with the form, but neglected to mark the correct boxes. If they have the forms they must be NPIP and if they are NPIP then their flock has been tested a minimum of AI and pullorum typhoid free.
VA requires that the birds also be tested clean for MG within 30 days of being imported into VA. That test is an actual blood test (draw a vial of blood) not just a prick under the wing. Drawing blood from a chicken is difficult and can be dangerous for the birds. That is why most small breeders will not ship to VA. It is crazy to submit the birds to that kind of testing unnecessarily. Larger hatcheries probably have a state vet regularly (monthly) anyway. SD on the other hand requires you to test within 10 days of shipping which is virtually impossible. It takes longer than that to get the test results.......
As far as ordering eggs it is a shared responsibility. The seller is the exporter and the buyer is the importer (I know sounds nuts to call it importing state to state but that's what it is). It usually does not come down to that, someone must have had too much time on their hands the day they sent you the warning
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Most states come out and test for free. If you want to be certified though there is usually a small fee.
To ship eggs/chicks legally (export to another state) you need the NPIP forms to ship with your eggs/chicks and to ship to the state dept of each state. On those forms you must check what your birds have been tested for, and who they were shipped to. That's how they knew you received eggs. The person who shipped the eggs to you must have supplied your state with the form, but neglected to mark the correct boxes. If they have the forms they must be NPIP and if they are NPIP then their flock has been tested a minimum of AI and pullorum typhoid free.
VA requires that the birds also be tested clean for MG within 30 days of being imported into VA. That test is an actual blood test (draw a vial of blood) not just a prick under the wing. Drawing blood from a chicken is difficult and can be dangerous for the birds. That is why most small breeders will not ship to VA. It is crazy to submit the birds to that kind of testing unnecessarily. Larger hatcheries probably have a state vet regularly (monthly) anyway. SD on the other hand requires you to test within 10 days of shipping which is virtually impossible. It takes longer than that to get the test results.......
As far as ordering eggs it is a shared responsibility. The seller is the exporter and the buyer is the importer (I know sounds nuts to call it importing state to state but that's what it is). It usually does not come down to that, someone must have had too much time on their hands the day they sent you the warning
Most states come out and test for free. If you want to be certified though there is usually a small fee.
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