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Okay, thank you all for the insight.
I will side with caution and not even bother with the two ducks, just keep birds that I hatch.
On the rare occasion I have extras from my hatch that I need to sell to downsize, I won't even take them to flock swaps for fear of bringing something home, and I make people stay on my porch & I bring the birds out I won't even let them in my backyard.
I think they think I am weird, but oh well, haha.
I seriously need to downsize some ducklings though, they're going through way too much feed & I don't have enough space in my brooder with the heatlamp as they are getting huge. I was thinking if I added a couple adults I could put the ducklings with them in their own coop/pen & maybe they'd keep each other warm.
But not worth the risk.
 
Hollowoakfarm said:
I'm paranoid, too. Fall of 2012 I had MG. I had to destroy over 100 birds. And bleach down everything and wait a couple months before starting again. The emotional drain and the financial loss were not fun. So, visitors that own or have been around poultry get to wear shoe/boot covers here. I can bleach down my car tires if I go to a swap, and have special shoes in my car that I change into when I go.

However, I have Finally gotten a response from the state, and will be getting my NPIP testing done soon. Yay! Then I can ship eggs and birds across most state lines. Not going to Va, as their regulations are too strict.

Hubby is out working on the first of the two new chicken houses. These will be the last we build. Each is 20 x 8 feet, divided into two 10 x 8 sections. Each section feeds onto it's own pasture. I'll have to go and overlay the field fence with chicken wire to keep them in their own sections, which is a pain. But it must be done!

Keep on keeping on! It's all we can do!
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Actually VA is one of the lesser strict state now! Just need to get a paper signed and faxed back to them once a year...On the other hand Georgia, Kentucky, and a couple other states have been cracking down on shipping birds into them. VA only requires you get a permit paper from them, send to our state testers, they will fill it out (after your NPIP) and fax it back to VA. They'll then send you a permit # good for the whole year, just write your permit # on any boxes going into VA, and your good. Nothing to it. Alot of states are cracking down on 30 day testing and health certificates with Live birds other than day olds however. Just to forewarn you. I've known a couple people who have been getting letters from states their shipping birds into, saying their in violation with state code, and contacting seller's state with notification that their in violation.
 
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Hmmmm....that 30 day thing is what Virginia has gone to, or so I'm informed by people in Virginia. First you have to get the annual paperwork, but if you are shipping birds, they have to be tested within 30 days of shipping. Mostly I'm looking at eggs and day-old chicks, but I'll have to look up each state's regs beforehand. I may decide not to do any shipping.

Hubby has the first chickenhouse framed now. He had just squared it when I left for class, and by the time I came home, the rafters were up! Hard-working fella! Hopefully he can get the roof up before he leaves. Then we'll pick up windows at the ReStore and work on closing it in when he gets back.
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