Consolidated Kansas

[tazcat70]

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*in a singsong voice* Oh Katy! JK

 

[Katy]

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*in a singsong voice* Oh Katy! JK

 

[tazcat70]

Don't worry. I am not in a hurry to have them tested. Plus I would probably just do like you. In fact I did, I just forgot to pay my $20 license fee to be an actual tester. Oops!

 

[KansasBoy]

See I need to get this done as well... Their website is a little vague one fees and requirements

 

[chicken danz]

The fee has gone up to $30, and it's an annual fee. they didn't update that on the website. Plus all the equipment is the expensive part. You can usually find someone near you that does testing by getting the list that will do it for 50 cents to a dollar a bird. Just remember that they need to be tested once a year. If you aren't going to sell them or sell chicks or eggs I wouldn't worry about it. If you call the Kansas Animal Health department they'll give you all the testers in your country and near by counties. 4-H usually just uses one person to do most of their testing. There could be others out there.

 

[Katy]

What I found when I called a few people to come test mine was that most of them had only gotten licensed to do their own birds and weren't interested in hiring out.

I have mixed feelings about the whole NPIP process anyway....it only tests for 2 diseases and I think gives people a false sense of security.

 

[chicken danz]

NPIP testing is required by law to test all birds that will be sold or their offspring or hatching eggs. It isn't that there have been any cases of Pullorum/Typhoid in years, but if there were ever an outbreak it could wipe out the chicken population on this continent. Any bird that came in close contact with another could die of the disease. Even if someone visited where there had been pullorum if they came into your back yard your chickens could potentially be exposed. That is why it is so important to have your birds tested if you plan to raise any to sell or sell any you have. It's probably not practical for the person with a couple hens only.
Whomever is in charge of your county fair where chickens are shown, will know of at least one local person who does the NPIP testing. Every bird that is entered in the fair is tested.

 

[Myabcs3]

Thanks for the responses. I have it on my to do list because my sons are going to show birds at the local fairs and I understand, at least, the birds they are taking need to be tested. I would rather not wait right until fair time and was thinking about just getting the whole flock done. I don't know if I am going to ship eggs/chicks/birds...but it can't hurt just to have this done and then I can do whatever.

Katy, I agree with your idea of the false sense of security for NPIP testing - not for sure everyone understands exactly what it is tested. And just because a flock doesn't have pollurum/typhoid, it doesn't also mean they are clean of other poultry diseases. Some individuals hold it out like a badge of poultry health.

 

[JulieNKC]

Just wanted to say I hope all you Kansas people are ok with the storm going on over there.

 

[Katy]

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My daughter who lives in Manhattan just sent me a picture that her friend had sent her of a funnel cloud forming over her house in Topeka. It went back up tho and never touched down.