North Carolina

[dutchbunny83]

No HOA, but city of Fayetteville has a limit of 10 backyard poultry.
You can keep roosters, peacocks, turkeys, whatever you want. And you're allowed to process birds for your own consumption on your property.
But at any given time, the city doesn't permit more than 10 backyard poultry.

According to my chicken math, I'm right on because I have 10 pet chickens. (The 2 turkeys, 5 quail, 16 ducks I'm trying to downsize, & any meat birds or chicks don't count towards the total right???

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I've really got to get rid of some ducks though, they're all females and they are LOUD!!! Drawing attention to my birds, which is why I don't keep roosters, trying to fly under the radar)

 

[carolbeau]

No HOA, but city of Fayetteville has a limit of 10 backyard poultry.
You can keep roosters, peacocks, turkeys, whatever you want. And you're allowed to process birds for your own consumption on your property.
But at any given time, the city doesn't permit more than 10 backyard poultry.

According to my chicken math, I'm right on because I have 10 pet chickens. (The 2 turkeys, 5 quail, 16 ducks I'm trying to downsize, & any meat birds or chicks don't count towards the total right???

)

I've really got to get rid of some ducks though, they're all females and they are LOUD!!! Drawing attention to my birds, which is why I don't keep roosters, trying to fly under the radar)

That makes sense. And yes, your math sounds right to me! Only *pet* chickens should count. And definitely not the chicks.

 

[starlingdaly]

Good luck!  I just did the Pullorum/AI.  I DIDN'T do the MG.  I'm paranoid about that stuff.  I got it in fall of 2012, and had to put down my whole flock and start over.  Over 100 birds.  I opted not to test for it, since it's in the wild bird population and I free-range.  What I AM doing is breeding for resistance.  One sniffle and they are soup is the new rule.  Haven't had to apply that rule yet, thank goodness.  But I will if I need to!  A friend of mine up in Maryland tested and was clean of MG, and Whitmore Farm in Virginia tests and is clean...and they free-range.  I'd say your odds are pretty good.  Make sure you let us know!  Maybe I'll get brave enough to add MG next time around!

Okay so the NPIP lady called me back and told me about the procedure for MG/MS testing which she has never done before so she didn't realize it was so complicated and time consuming! And costs for my amount of birds almost $200! And regardless of if I'm clean or not I would have to be tested quarterly to stay in the program. So $800 per year or more if my flock increases!
I did a lot of research on mg/ms and am thinking I'll do like you because it seems impossible to avoid completely unless you have your birds in sterile conditions and that is NOT what I want. I'll just breed for resistance and not worry about it so much. Never had a problem with it that I know of so if they have it they are only in danger of a flare up when we move and we'll just cross that bridge when we come to it. I mean, it's like cold sores with humans right! I'll sleep better tonight knowing the testing will be a lot more simple and won't require quarterly retesting or large amounts of money spent.
It does feel like cheating, though... Being able to be NPIP without testing for MG/MS.

 

[Hollowoakfarm]

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Wow! I didn't realize it was so expensive! They did it for free when my flock had it, because I went through Rollins Diagnostic lab for necropsies. So they did initial testing, then again when we tried (and succeeded!) in getting the turkeys tested out, since they weren't housed with the chickens. Looks like an expense I can do without, too!

 

[starlingdaly]

I want an NPIP test just to have one, but I'm afraid they'll turn me in for having more than 10 birds.
In my opinion meat birds, quail, ducks & turkeys don't count toward the 10!
My neighbors are allowed 13 dogs & believe me my birds live in wayyyy better conditions than them, they're my babies

I have read that the npip testing people just do not care what your legal limit is. They are a state testing service, not city or county and the can't nor want to keep up with city limit restrictions and if you are in the city limits or not. They're just there to make sure your birds aren't going to cause the next epidemic!
The lady I have talked to so far is super nice. She only asked my address and how many birds and what I wanted them tested for. I asked a bunch of questions and drug the conversation out a lot longer than it could have been.

 

[starlingdaly]

Wow!  I didn't realize it was so expensive!  They did it for free when my flock had it, because I went through Rollins Diagnostic lab for necropsies.  So they did initial testing, then again when we tried (and succeeded!) in getting the turkeys tested out, since they weren't housed with the chickens.  Looks like an expense I can do without, too! 

Oh yeah, I've thought about getting my next dead bird (of any cause, hopefully not any time soon though!!) necropsied for more comprehensive information about my flock's health. That would definitely be a cheaper option.

 

[dutchbunny83]

That makes sense. And yes, your math sounds right to me! Only *pet* chickens should count. And definitely not the chicks.

I have read that the npip testing people just do not care what your legal limit is. They are a state testing service, not city or county and the can't nor want to keep up with city limit restrictions and if you are in the city limits or not. They're just there to make sure your birds aren't going to cause the next epidemic!

The lady I have talked to so far is super nice. She only asked my address and how many birds and what I wanted them tested for. I asked a bunch of questions and drug the conversation out a lot longer than it could have been.

Good to know!!! Though once I saw your post on the price, definitely not bothering with that! I don't really sell anything than a couple extra chicks here and there (and hopefully some ducks!!!) so I don't think it would be worth it. I'm confident I'd pass anyway, I'm pretty OCD about biosecurity since the incident when I first got into chickens & had to restart everything.

 

[starlingdaly]

Good to know!!!  Though once I saw your post on the price, definitely not bothering with that!  I don't really sell anything than a couple extra chicks here and there (and hopefully some ducks!!!) so I don't think it would be worth it.  I'm confident I'd pass anyway, I'm pretty OCD about biosecurity since the incident when I first got into chickens & had to restart everything.

I hope you would pass!!! As I hope I would pass but you sound like your chances are better than mine
I am not so worried about mine having it right now since they probably do but I am more worried that if I started fresh either hatchery birds (hatcheries are npip but rarely MG/MS free) or wild birds would infect mine.... So until we can release a vaccine that cures all wild birds then I'm just not going to worry too much.

 

[tjbuckshotbarn]

. Finished coop

 

[jtbass2756]

Good luck...