CHICKEN SWAPS OF NH SWAP LISTINGS

[Smithyard Farm]

I am now NPIP certified! State tester came by today and everyone passed.

Yea!

 

[vnsseed]

wait they never said anything about sending anything in? i got papers and a little card saying i was. this was in june or july last year.

The little card just says you are tested pullorum and typhoid free from the state...NPIP is a whole other level, monitored by the USDA. Details are here:

http://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_health/animal_dis_spec/poultry/

You need to contact Dr. Crawford and request a form for NPIP participation.

 

[raygirl4386]

will they have to be re-tested?
i guess i will be selling hatchery chicks till i get npip then or hacth out from people who are npip. =/

 

[vnsseed]

will they have to be re-tested?
i guess i will be selling hatchery chicks till i get npip then or hacth out from people who are npip. =/

No, I don't believe so... I would contact Dr. Crawford, get the form and you should be good to go.

 

[puglady]

Hopefully Blazing Saddles will chime in here however from what I am told to sell at swaps you need to be NPIP tested not necessarily certified. Anything that your selling would then need to be your own or from another tested or certified flock.

 

[raygirl4386]

so the paper and card mean im NPIP tested but not certified?

 

[vnsseed]

so the paper and card mean im NPIP tested but not certified?

No... it means you are state tested, not NPIP... there are no levels of NPIP.

I'll let Blazing Saddles address this with all the swap folks... I was just trying to help a fellow Dominique breeder... I'll take it to private messages with her.

Have fun!!

 

[DraigAthar]

i would love to have him. he is beautiful. #4128

I sent you a PM, if you are truly interested in him.

 

[1Chick Magnet]

Will you happen to have naked necks for sale? (Not sure if you're a vendor or not.) I am looking for some in late march/early April (or maybe sooner). And banty size would be great.

I love my naked necks. I have bantam amd standard frizzled and smooth as well as showgirls. not sure when I will start hatching. I am at every swap and will have them for sale all through the season. I have a full size polish naked neck hen who I will be breeding to a cream legbar. I am hoping to create barred polish naked necks who lay colored eggs.

 

[1Chick Magnet]

I am now NPIP certified! State tester came by today and everyone passed.

hi,
I see there is some confusion about how npip testing works.
the day the tech comes and draws blood is much like when you go have blood drawn. it does not mean you passed. it means you have had blood drawn.

the state takes the blood and runs tests. if your birds pass you will receive a card in the mail and a letter saying your birds passed.
in addition to drawing blood, the tech bands every bird. at this point the bands are how the state can id any birds with issues. the bands mean nothing unless you also have the cert.