Could Someone Explain NPIP?

[cluckychick]

--National Poultry Identification Program, right?
--Is it voluntary?
--Will it give me the health certification for my birds to be entered into poultry shows?
--Will they have the ability to come anytime they want?

Please help me understand if this is good or bad for me?

 

[DTchickens]

always heard it as National poultry improvement plan. Im not sure though... dont know anything about them. no research. haven't had a chance to show yet. and i never get mine tested... as i dont ship my birds and i can tell when my birds are/aren't healthy. and... i dont think they have the ability to come anytime they want. (to your house i guess you mean..) as for shows. no one really has contact other then you with your chickens.. except judges

-Daniel

 

[Squeaky]

Some of the small-scale farmers I've met declare that it stands for:

National Pain In the Pants.

Apparently it's got implications for shipping birds across state lines. I don't have any direct experience but hear it's working out favorably for large hatcheries and battery farms but is a barrier to entry or a deterrent to small-scale breeders and people who keep small heritage flocks.