FLORIDA!!!!!ALWAYS SUNNY SIDE UP!!!

[FuzzyButtsFarm]

Just got back from checking out a strange noise that came over the monitor in my barn. Did you all know chickens snore??? Amazing

 

[welasharon]

Yes how crazy is that! We washed a silkie and my granddaughter had to hold her in a towel for a while before I could finish dryin gher andshe fell asleep and started snoring. It is cute

 

[seminolewind]

Yes how crazy is that! We washed a silkie and my granddaughter had to hold her in a towel for a while before I could finish dryin gher andshe fell asleep and started snoring. It is cute

That is cute. I haven't attempted to wash any chicken yet!

 

[K9Flier]

As someone who wants to get a few more birds, what exactly does a seller being NPIP certified mean to me?

 

[FireTigeris]

As someone who wants to get a few more birds, what exactly does a seller being NPIP certified mean to me?

In the last year the flock (partially or in total depending on state) has been tested for particular diseases, and found clean. They cannot get birds from others who are not NPIP certified keeping a group of 'clean' birds between them - clean only of what they are testing...

 

[tigercreek]

As someone who wants to get a few more birds, what exactly does a seller being NPIP certified mean to me?

I am NPIP certified and do not know if I will renew the test next year or not. It is really meaningless. They test for a diease that they have never found an instance of in Florida. People will try to lead you to believe that breeders who are tested are more conciencious, but I know breeders who are very concered and do not go the NPIP route. It is a free test that the state will come out to your place to do, but what is the point. The best advice is to look long and hard at the breeders set up if possible. Are the grounds and cages or pens clean and do the birds all look in good condition?? Clean feeders and waterers? I would personally not buy from a dealer - someone who has a lot of birds coming in and out of their place. That does not dismiss the breeder who sells a lot of birds. You have to breed a lot of birds to keep the best if you want to maintain a top quality flock, but you should not be BUYING and selling. Just my humble opinion. .....stan

 

[MomsGoneMild]

My babies are growing up! I can't BELIEVE how much they have grown in just 2 and a half weeks. https://www.backyardchickens.com/gallery/album/view/id/6255895/user_id/137353
I posted updated pics. I show them off like children. It's shameful. lol

xoxo Annmarie

 

[anderson8505]

I am NPIP certified and do not know if I will renew the test next year or not. It is really meaningless. They test for a diease that they have never found an instance of in Florida. People will try to lead you to believe that breeders who are tested are more conciencious, but I know breeders who are very concered and do not go the NPIP route. It is a free test that the state will come out to your place to do, but what is the point. The best advice is to look long and hard at the breeders set up if possible. Are the grounds and cages or pens clean and do the birds all look in good condition?? Clean feeders and waterers? I would personally not buy from a dealer - someone who has a lot of birds coming in and out of their place. That does not dismiss the breeder who sells a lot of birds. You have to breed a lot of birds to keep the best if you want to maintain a top quality flock, but you should not be BUYING and selling. Just my humble opinion. .....stan

x2. It's pretty darn easy to get NPIP certified and this doesn't guarantee anything about coryza or Marek's or many other communicable diseases. I'd still quarantine anything from anyone, except maybe stan or a few others that I know.

 

[FireTigeris]

AND they don't do waterfoul (at least in Duval county...)

 

[K9Flier]

Thank you for this information.