Breaking State Laws

[Rusty Hills Farm]

All I need is Name and State, can find their NPIP # in seconds.

If I have the NPIP # Can find the person also, very easy

Online? If so, then please tell me what I am doing wrong because I cannot find people I KNOW have numbers because they advertise those numbers.

I click on the link to the list, insert the state. Then there are choices between hatchery, independent flock, etc. Then there is a third column with eggs, birds, meat, etc. Apparently I am filling something out wrong because, for example I know Bama Chicken is here in Alabama and has an NPIP number, yet I cannot find her! Ditto Pips & Peeps, and several others. Obviously I am guessing wrong on the classifications they are under, because mostly I find only one or two names. Like in Texas, I can find Ideal but not several other hatcheries that I know are in Texas and do have numbers. And there is no place online that I have found where I can just list a name and state and have it verify their number.

It is very frustrating. It is very difficult to buy eggs/chicks when I cannot verify the number. And I have had someone tell me they have a number but the eggs arrived without the right paperwork. I could not risk hatching them and adding them to my flock without the paperwork, so I gave them away. So far everything on my place is NPIP stock and I refuse to take any chances with unknowns.

Any suggestions?

Rusty​

 

[pips&peeps]

Rusty most backyard breeders are listed as independent flocks under the waterfowl and exhibition category.

 

[Rusty Hills Farm]

TY! I will try that. The other thing that has me stymied is the"product code"?

Appreciate the help!

Rusty

 

[pips&peeps]

There's a place to click on the page that says Index of Codes.

 

[deerman]

Quote:
Online? If so, then please tell me what I am doing wrong because I cannot find people I KNOW have numbers because they advertise those numbers.

I click on the link to the list, insert the state. Then there are choices between hatchery, independent flock, etc. Then there is a third column with eggs, birds, meat, etc. Apparently I am filling something out wrong because, for example I know Bama Chicken is here in Alabama and has an NPIP number, yet I cannot find her! Ditto Pips & Peeps, and several others. Obviously I am guessing wrong on the classifications they are under, because mostly I find only one or two names. Like in Texas, I can find Ideal but not several other hatcheries that I know are in Texas and do have numbers. And there is no place online that I have found where I can just list a name and state and have it verify their number.

It is very frustrating. It is very difficult to buy eggs/chicks when I cannot verify the number. And I have had someone tell me they have a number but the eggs arrived without the right paperwork. I could not risk hatching them and adding them to my flock without the paperwork, so I gave them away. So far everything on my place is NPIP stock and I refuse to take any chances with unknowns.

Any suggestions?

Rusty

Rusty, I received the book after I start testing, have not try on line.
It list all NPIP participants, of course the newer ones will not be in the book.(Directory)

 

[deerman]

Just check on the site took little longer to find myself. But it was listed. The on line site use the 2 letter of the state not the first 2 numbers.

Code letter type of bird. x =ducks y =geese then a number type of geese y5=pilgrim. Easier for me to check the book, of course I am not very good on the puter.

 

[minna]

Thanks for the heads up, I am actually breaking multiple laws, will break another one in a few days when I set my eggs, as I am not allowed to incubate without certification. But, I will be calling today to find out about getting certified. We had been meaning to do this anyway as a lot of our birds are sold to individuals who take them across state lines.