Npip Certification, Bio Security, Health Question

[chickenlover54]

I have a question for Buck Creek Chickens- Can they also get tested at shows to get NPIP certified, I just think it would be easier, I have so many coops and the birds are hard to catch so it would be easier if they were already in a cage at a show.
Thanks, Tamara
also I have to be tested every year before our county fair for that Pollurom so does that mean i'm NPIP? I have papers

 

[floridamama]

ok so a good place to start is the Ag dept.? I'm in florida any body have numbers or sites to go to? I have been raising my own birds that I bought from the hatcheries. But here lately I have been getting eggs and hatching them out not thinking about the npip thing at all so, my last 2 questions are Do I need to test ALL of the baby peeps that I have hatched out from my original stock? Should I just test what was from outside of my yard?

 

[Buck Creek Chickens]

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sorry I didn't answer before now, my hard drive crashed on christmas eve right after I was on here, most shows will not let you test there, but a few will, ask who ever is in charge of the show what you need . you are only NPIP if you have the NPIP number. but check with your ag dept. every state is different. in wi you can only get the birds tested you want to, you do not have to do the whole flock. if you have all your birds tested you should only have to get the rest of the paper work filled out. do your papers say you are NPIP ?

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[floridamama]

I got a hold of Jenni (ag. off. in Tallahasse) She talked to me for a few mins and sent me some info on NPIP. I had a local man, who actually does the testing. He said it is free to do the testing of my birds (which Jenni said the same thing) He said he would be available in March to do the testing due to the shows right now, has him busy. Told him that was fine. But he said he tests EVERYBODY aged 4 months and up. That is where the two conversations get fuzzy. She said, I would only need to test my breeding stock and what ever I was showing But, I could do my whole flock if I wanted to. He tells me NO you have to do everyone of them. I tried to get back with Jenni I left her an email to see what she says after all she is one of the "higher-up". I just don't want to waste the guy's time to come out here and do EVERYBODY and he was only needed to do a few coops. I sometimes raise up peeps for my dad that he puts in his freezer. They are out of Hatchery stock and has them vacc. when they leave there. Which I keep getting told by people don't need to be tested bec. they are hatchery stock. I don't know I just want to make sure. My birds are heathy, fat & spoiled and I would like to have a piece of mind that they truely are. Cause they look it and act it.

 

[Buck Creek Chickens]

that he does everyone is his choice, 4 months and up, its your breeding stock that need to be done, not eating chickens,he's being safe by doing everthing just in case you change you mind about a chickens he didn't test, so he will not have to come back out for 1 or 2 chickens

 

[milleryardchx]

if you just type NPIP into google USDA website pops up and has this list for people who want to get inspected by state

listed by state who to contact
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_health/animal_dis_spec/poultry/htba_part.shtml

http://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_health/animal_dis_spec/poultry/downloads/osa-npip.pdf

 

[cgmccary]

NPIP testing in Alabama is free. Since NPIP only tests for Pullorum and Avian Flu virus, a lot of people mistakenly believe their flocks are disease free if NPIP (when these are not diseases we see) & nothing could be further from the truth. The reason I participate in NPIP is because here in Alabama, if you are an NPIP participant & one of your birds dies, the State Lab will test it for everything and autopsy it for free, no charge. This is worth the trouble of having it done every year.

Also, poultry shows require testing, if you are NPIP, then they will just test at the show. Also, here in Alabama, if some disease spread and the State had to put down your flock, if you are NPIP, the State has to reimburse you are your birds (probably at some low rate but still).

 

[Kyhen]

I'm glad that I found this thread. It has a lot of good info.

 

[chickadoodles]

Thank you so much for sharing this info with all who are interested! I appreciate it very much as I have my first chicks in brooders and would like to get NPIP Testing done on my chicks!

 

[Foxs Fowl Farm]

your supposed to be reading not lurking

to both of you!