Does anyone have their duck(s) micro-chipped?

[LoreenH]

Unfortunately we don't live on a farm, we live in the city. The only other animals we have are our 2 indoor cats and they are chipped already. I won't be getting the ducks chipped since learning about leg bands due to difference in cost, I may not even do leg banding.....it was just a thought.

It must depend on where you live, my vet said it's not a requirement to have ALL animals chipped, you don't even need to register them with the chip company.....you probably should but it's not required. When we had 4 cats....3 indoor, 1 outdoor.....we only had our outdoor boy chipped.

 

[classroomducks]

Yeah...ive never heard anything like that about chipping...registering your place and not being able to go anywhere...My parents have all 6 of their barn cats chipped and the only registering they did was to the system so when the chip is scanned it shows their info. I have my two cats chipped and I go from texas to colorado with them all the time without any issues...Ive never hear about "big brother" when it comes to animal chipping.

 

[Willowbrook]

DO NOT even cosider doing the microchip thing. Big Brother will not only charge you a HUGE fee, but the amount of paperwork, red tape, etc. will smother you. You will have to register your farm , thereafter known as a premises, and they will make you register and microchip every animal on your premises. You will not be able to move your duck or any of your animals to a Vet, or even next door without letting the authorities know about it. BAD , BAD , BAD .

Where do you get your information? I cannot tell you the number of animals on my FARM that are chipped and there is nothing more than a simple procedure (and fee) to register them with AVID, the company that I use.​

 

[goosedragon]

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Where do you get your information? I cannot tell you the number of animals on my FARM that are chipped and there is nothing more than a simple procedure (and fee) to register them with AVID, the company that I use.

They are refering to the National Animal Identification System, a program intended to identify animals and track them as they come into contact with, or commingle with, animals other than herdmates from their premises of origin. It is a very Big Brother Federal requirement that so far has been fought to a standstill by farmers, but it is not dead only sleeping waiting for the next outbreak of a farm animal disease. Many thought "Swine flu or H1N1" would do the trick but it turned out that pigs were not carrying the disease, The features are just as bad as is mentioned here. If you live on a farm chances are that your place has already been assigned a unique Premise number and certain livestock already need a number to move to market. Micro chips are not required YET but it is proposed becuse they can easily be scanned into a huge data base designed to keep track of livestock from birth thru the market. The porpose is to be able to quickly track any disease that may pop up in the future. of course the cost of this system is expected to be paid for by the farmer, not the government.

 

[classroomducks]

ok well i hadnt heard of that before...even still the kind of mircro chips we are talking about are for lost pets...not government identification. Pretty sure those are different companies and chips...

 

[jmc]

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AYYYYYYYYYYYYYYMEN!!!

 

[Bossroo]

Yes, the National Animal Identification System... Talking to my Vet, fellow horse breeeders organizations across the country, my neighbors, cattle, sheep and swine producers, etc.. We talked to representatives in Australia, England, France where they have this system in place... very NEGATIVE reports. We all agree that this system will be stiffling, very costly, and totally useless as we already have strict animal transportation health inspection systems in place that work very well. We stand 3 stallions at public stud. We have way too much paperwork already to document health of mares transported to our ranch for breeding via health certificates from various Vets.. Currently, If I wanted the ship stallion semen to Australia, or Europeon countries, I would have to have my stallion under strict total individual quaranteen for 6 months with a 100 meter distance away from ALL animals including wildlife. I would have to wear haz mat suits, boots, etc. to even feed the isolated stallion daily. All breeding would have to be Artificial Insemination and semen collection under supervision by a USDA Vet.at this isolated location on appointed days. There isn't any one spot location on my 20 acres where I can meet these requirements for isolation for even ONE stallion. My next door neighbor had 13 beef cows... he sold out due to some strong arm tactics of NAIS. Another neighbor sold out his 90+ sheep as too expensive and too time consuming to bother for his meager returns. Just one ranch call and treatment from a Vet. costs 3 times what only what ONE sheep is worth. Just think of how many chickens or ducks that one can buy for only ONE ranch call that the Vet. charges. In my case it is $70 just to show up, plus at least another $100+ per mare rectal exam for follicle, maybe another $40 for hormone incection,plus another ranch call 2 days later for another $70 then another rectal exam, plus another $70 for a ranch call 17 days later, plus another $100 for an ultracound for pregnancy check if all goes well and if not pregnant we start all over. The costs are totally out of control already and the prices of horses have droped to next to nothing. The looming NAIS is basically what is literally breaking the camel's back ... so we are in the process of selling off our 33 horses. I would say GOOD LUCK with your beloved home grown birds if this behemouth comes to pass.

 

[Bleenie]

I read an article in a paper a while back about how Microchips caused Malignant(CANCEROUS) tumors in mice...

NONE of my animals are microchipped, but we also live on a dead end road surrounded by

a large empty lot thats for sale
another property thats only occupied during the warm months of the year
A LARGE cattle hobby farm
A horse boarding farm
A TB horse breeding 'farm'
small family farms
produce fields
& a few small homes spaced in between.

We really don't have to worry about our animals running off or disappearing since everyone knows everyone around here & the neighbors usually call if one of the dogs wanders too far. We even shared our Bull with the neighbor for years, up until we sold him.

 

[MelissaR]

This is an interesting idea. I can think of a couple of situations where it would be valuable.

If I showed birds or had really valuable breeding stock, I would microchip. There have been a few threads on BYC about birds being stolen from shows. A band could be cut off but a microchip couldn't be removed without disfiguring the bird. It would give me peace of mind to know that if they "disappeared", the person that took them wouldn't be able to bring them out in public without worrying about being caught.

I might also microchip if I had my chooks in the city (they are currently at the parent's farm). If they got lost, I could let Animal Control know that any chickens coming in should be scanned. There would be more of a chance that they would be returned.

One of the drawbacks to microchipping is cost. I've never been able to find it for less than $25 (including the registration).

Just to clarify, I'm not talking about NAIS - I hope that never happens. I'm talking about the AVID/Homeagain chips used to track pets.

 

[classroomducks]

as far as cost, check local animals shelters. The one near my parents was doing any and all animals for free! I got both my cats done and my mom got her barn cats and her dogs done a total of 10 between us. They got some sort of grant I guess. Which probably doesnt happen very often, but its worth checking out.