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Neat. I had to put all the birds in the smaller coop (easier to catch that way) bringing them out one by one. I saved my roosters for last. Its good to have an assistant. My tester was really cool and by the book because she did not go inside my run/larger coop. She set a table up outside and she brought her husband to assist. They will poke under each wing and get some blood that they add some solution to. If it clots you have a sick bird. Even if you get all tests ok and it comes down to the last bird showing signs of sickness they will call in the state to do further tests and quarantine your flock. But, that shouldn't be a worry for most of us who have purchased from NPIP cert. places. They didn't test the waterfowl because the chickens were fine.Just came across this. I just scheduled my NPIP testing for next Wednesday. I am a little nervous, I am sure for no reason but still! I am working on building my flock of Bearded d'Uccles and Call ducks trying to raise some show quality birds and I travel to a lot of shows so I think being NPIP certified will be beneficial now and in the future when I have birds to sell. Any tips from your experience I can plan for to make it as smooth as possible? I only have about 20 birds tops that are old enough for testing.