"Louisiana "La-yers" Peeps"

[chickenbelle]

Congrats on passing!!!!

Glad to hear that everything went well. Glad to hear that he looked at them and you are getting help. I know that you must feel relieved.
I have never heard anything about contacting the vet to check the birds before shipping. Unless I missed it the times my vet came out to test, I don't remember that.

Sorry to hear about your eggs. Gotta love the postal service.

My NPIP re-certification is due 2/2013. I'm ready!!!

Thanks kuntrygirl! I was surprised to hear about the contacting him to check them before shipping--he gave me these carbon copy forms that he is supposed to sign off on before birds ship out. I asked, "So, you're going to come here at least once a week so i can do that? That's a two hour drive for ya!" He smiled and said that most folks don't follow the rules.

Ah, well...at least I'm moving onwards and upwards!

 

[luvmychicken]

Dumb question. What is NPIP Certified???

 

[TerriLaChicks]

Dumb question. What is NPIP Certified???

There is no such thing as a *dumb* question!

NPIP is the National Poultry Improvement Plan. Many of us here participate in it. There is no charge for the state certified veterinarian in your area to come out & test your birds. NPIP certiification is required if you ship live birds or eggs across state lines, althought it is rarely enforced.
Here's a link w/more information:
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_health/animal_dis_spec/poultry/

 

[TerriLaChicks]

Good morning & Happy 2013 to all of you!
It is pouring down rain here & we look like we are living in the middle of a lake! I do not have happy birds - but I'll slog out there in a bit & bring them some treats.
Have a good one everybody!

 

[kuntrygirl]

Good morning & Happy 2013 to all of you!
It is pouring down rain here & we look like we are living in the middle of a lake! I do not have happy birds - but I'll slog out there in a bit & bring them some treats.
Have a good one everybody!

Good morning everyone. Happy New Year.

Same here Terri. It is pouring down rain.

I'm going to bed.

Have a good day everyone.

 

[chickenbelle]

Although I have not visited any of your homes so I'm not talking about anyone on BYC, I am really tired of finding nothing but unkept and unhealthy birds for sale near me. It seems that every place I go I can spot health issues in birds and then I'm not sure I want any. I brought home two roosters this weekend, one looked great upon pickup and the other was a little pale for my taste but I brought him anyway because I figured he just needed a good clean up and some vitamins. Of course they are totally in isolated quarantine now that they're here--by the time I got them home I could hear the rattly breathing. Grrrrrrrrr! I knew it didn't look like coryza, wondered if it was the cold air on the ride home, or something else. NPIP vet said it was probably laryngeotracheitis, as that is what has been going around at all of the poultry shows and swaps he's visited lately. He said the 4H kids' birds were all getting it. So he put me on a course of Sulmet with those two roos and they are way out in neverland on the property.

I need some good healthy eggs or chicks so I can get them going and then keep a closed flock. I am on the hunt for BLRW, Cream Legbars, LF Chocolate Orps, and splash Silkies. Hubby also wants to find some Porcelain D'uccles. If you have any or know a farm with healthy ones, please PM me. Otherwise, I'm just going to be stalking the swap threads.

Have a great New Years!

 

[luvmychicken]

Well. THis morning when I went out to feed the girls, I found Gretchen my half lab sleeping in the hen house. I wasent sure how she got in but with the storms and fireworks going off last I wasn't surprised. I went out to check on the chickens and the dogs before I call it a night and found both dogs in there sleeping in the straw. I guess they are protecting there chickens. Too funny.

 

[Celie]

Thanks kuntrygirl! I was surprised to hear about the contacting him to check them before shipping--he gave me these carbon copy forms that he is supposed to sign off on before birds ship out. I asked, "So, you're going to come here at least once a week so i can do that? That's a two hour drive for ya!" He smiled and said that most folks don't follow the rules.

Ah, well...at least I'm moving onwards and upwards!

So, if most folk, including the inspector, What good is the NPIP certificate anyway? I am afraid to let a vet who is visiting, God knows how many sick flocks, to come and contaminate my flocks!!! I have never had any health problems with any of my flocks and do not "visit" the livestock areas of friends with poultry. I take a special pair of shoes, in a bag with me when I go to buy or sell livestock, so there is no contamination possible. I have large bottles of waterless hand sanitizer, everywhere and if anyone wants to inspect a bird, etc. before purchasing, they must wash their hands before and after. I also have plastic bags and rubber bands for all shoes, that are properly disposed of afterward. I carry around a bottle of hand sanitizer with me and use it between going into each area. I bet the inspector taking blood does not change gloves or wash his hands between each bird? It sounds like these inspections, from what I am hearing, are spreading more illnesses than they are preventing! How could an inspector catch and inspect over 400 free ranging birds on a visit and keep a sanitary set-up? This SCARES ME !!!

Good morning & Happy 2013 to all of you!
It is pouring down rain here & we look like we are living in the middle of a lake! I do not have happy birds - but I'll slog out there in a bit & bring them some treats.
Have a good one everybody!

Same here, but HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYBODY!

Well. THis morning when I went out to feed the girls, I found Gretchen my half lab sleeping in the hen house. I wasent sure how she got in but with the storms and fireworks going off last I wasn't surprised. I went out to check on the chickens and the dogs before I call it a night and found both dogs in there sleeping in the straw. I guess they are protecting there chickens. Too funny.

Funny, my part labs were the same way! They are afraid of thunder and was afraid of the fireworks, too! I woke up at 3:30 to find my big male lab, snuck into my bed and was scared to death! BTW he is half lab and half Chihuahua! LOL REALLY, but that's a long story!!!

 

[Celie]

The rabbits are putting a new meaning to the phase " Breeding like rabbits" !!!!!

 

[ssterling1776]

Happy New Year to all of you! May you have a happy & healthy 2013!