Greetings Arkansas Neighbors!
As we update information on our planning thread, I'll try to share the highlights with you as well. Our barn is filling up, slowly but surely, so we may have as many as 100+ people set up at the North East Oklahoma Chicken Stock on Saturday, June 16, 2012. We're using the big barn just south of the administration building at the Muskogee Fairgrounds.
We had some questions from Kansas neighbors about N.P.I.P. testing requirements for birds and eggs purchased at the sale and swap. Here's a cut and paste of the e-mail response I just received from the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture.
Heres the text of the response I just got from Michael Herrin, DVM. The rest of his credentials are at the bottom of his message.
Coral Hale,
There are no requirements to have a "swap meet" for poultry, hatching
eggs, or baby chicks. There is no permit or testing required.
Any birds or eggs that cross a state line would require pullorum/typhoid
testing and a certificate of veterinary inspection.
Thank you,
Michael Herrin, DVM
Assistant State Veterinarian
Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry
Many of our Okie members are licensed testers. I will do my best to have at least one official tester at the event with testing supplies. I will also let people know that if they are bringing eggs or birds, and they are already part of the N.P.I.P. program, they should bring documents reflecting their current N.P.I.P. number.
