I just got tested today and I am very exited. Here are a couple thoughts.
To clarify, I am talking more to people who make a business of selling eggs and chicks.
I think the biggest reason is this. If you are N.P.I.P. certified you can ship Birds and eggs LEGALLY. It is actually illegal as best I can tell to ship birds or eggs outside of your state without being N.P.I.P. certified. I did last year because, first I did not know, than when I found out I did not know if I wanted to get certified. It would be better to be safe, than get in trouble for shipping your birds illegally.
If you are N.P.I.P. certified you can sell to other people who are. Otherwise they can not buy from you. This would be especially beneficial to you if you have quality birds lots of fancy breeders want to buy.
If you are N.P.I.P. certified some places (shows, auctions, etc.) will not have to test you. That is just some places.
N.P.I.P. certification seems to vary from state to state. Here I paid nothing for it. Some states charge you to do it. For the most part it seems that all you have to do is keep records for them of where you sell birds, and buy from N.P.I.P. certified breeders. It means a little bit more paperwork, but I do not think it is that bad. This will also help to insure that your birds are free of some really bad diseases. It will also hopefully help protect you from buying birds with pullorum.
Objections I have heard/had.
What if my birds test positive? They might kill my whole flock.
Again, it varies from state to state. Here they said if they did test positive they would try to help them recover before they killed any of them. This bothered me for a little while. Than when I really started thinking about it I realized that if my birds had these diseases it would not be worth having them anyway. I could not sell them to anyone with a good consience. If I did sell some of them I would ruin my reputation. I would have to put them down myself probably.
I do not want the governement keeping tabs on my farm.
This is the one that still bothers me a little bit. Some people are not bothered by this, but I personally have a great distrust of our government right now. I feel like they are minding to much of our business for us. The U.S.D.A. is particularly detrimental to the small farms. However, as much as our government keep records and asks questions now, they probably already know what we raise. As it stands right now you can opt out of the plan at any time you want.
I hope I got all my facts right. Does anyone have any corrections/comments? I am not always a very elloquent writer so I hope what I said makes sense.
To clarify, I am talking more to people who make a business of selling eggs and chicks.
I think the biggest reason is this. If you are N.P.I.P. certified you can ship Birds and eggs LEGALLY. It is actually illegal as best I can tell to ship birds or eggs outside of your state without being N.P.I.P. certified. I did last year because, first I did not know, than when I found out I did not know if I wanted to get certified. It would be better to be safe, than get in trouble for shipping your birds illegally.
If you are N.P.I.P. certified you can sell to other people who are. Otherwise they can not buy from you. This would be especially beneficial to you if you have quality birds lots of fancy breeders want to buy.
If you are N.P.I.P. certified some places (shows, auctions, etc.) will not have to test you. That is just some places.
N.P.I.P. certification seems to vary from state to state. Here I paid nothing for it. Some states charge you to do it. For the most part it seems that all you have to do is keep records for them of where you sell birds, and buy from N.P.I.P. certified breeders. It means a little bit more paperwork, but I do not think it is that bad. This will also help to insure that your birds are free of some really bad diseases. It will also hopefully help protect you from buying birds with pullorum.
Objections I have heard/had.
What if my birds test positive? They might kill my whole flock.
Again, it varies from state to state. Here they said if they did test positive they would try to help them recover before they killed any of them. This bothered me for a little while. Than when I really started thinking about it I realized that if my birds had these diseases it would not be worth having them anyway. I could not sell them to anyone with a good consience. If I did sell some of them I would ruin my reputation. I would have to put them down myself probably.
I do not want the governement keeping tabs on my farm.
This is the one that still bothers me a little bit. Some people are not bothered by this, but I personally have a great distrust of our government right now. I feel like they are minding to much of our business for us. The U.S.D.A. is particularly detrimental to the small farms. However, as much as our government keep records and asks questions now, they probably already know what we raise. As it stands right now you can opt out of the plan at any time you want.
I hope I got all my facts right. Does anyone have any corrections/comments? I am not always a very elloquent writer so I hope what I said makes sense.
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