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[lildinkem]

I use Firefox and never did have any issues with the new site. Can't stand Internet Explorer.

Yeah apparently INTERNET EXPLORER is one of the most easily hacked. I am able now to use my PHOTOBUCKET again. HAPPY DAYS!!

 

[County Boy]

Yesterday our NPIP flock recertification was conducted. Passed with flying colors. We started with Orpington Bantams, then Wyandotte Bantams, before moving on to large fowl Orpingtons. When we started pulling out our males, the (cattle) inspector blurted out, "Those are HUGE! I have never seen any chickens this big before!"

Of course, we had him test our pair of "examples" first: a commercial hatchery Buff Orpington pair. When we do displays at our 4-H fundraisers and county fair we take this pair to compare with our exhibition Orpingtons. The difference is amazing up close and personal.

He kept asking, what breed is this? Orpingtons in Buff, Black, Blue, Splash, Self Blue, Gold Laced and chicks in White. Bantams in Buff, Black, Blue, Splash, Self Blue project, and chicks in White. Not as many as some of you, but the inspector was impressed. I decided not to tell him how many colors we could have had!

So is that roo a hatchery or exhibition.

 

[aveca]

isnt that just a ball..i have my inspection every year in june for NPIP..i always have a couple ice cold coke in the freezer, and a nice shade tree to work under with a table..

 

[lildinkem]

I am a NPIP tester but do not think that is right that I can test my own birds. So, I usually go with Doug and Sherri to Ron Patterson's house and have Ron test my birds. That is how I got my 1st Single Comb White Wyandotte pullet. He had a horrible day back in early spring when he had over 10 inches of rain and the creek behind the house over flown it's bank and there was 3 feet of water in his barn which killed some 50 of his earl hatches. He had to start all over again in June and I got lucky to get this one beautiful perfect tail Single Comb Wyandotte pullet to use in my new White Orp program.

 

[HallFamilyFarm]

Here in Arkansas a state employee with Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission MUST test your birds for NPIP certification. Then we have "Private Testers" that P-T test for the 90 day certificate. I am the only "Private Tester" in my county and can PT test my own birds when I buy birds from non-NPIP flocks.

We hold a testing clinic twice a year, about 90 days before the last Spring show and about 90 days before the last fall show in our area. That allows our 4-H members and others to have a 90 day certificate for all shows. In 2010 the 90 day certificate expired on Sunday of the Oklahoma State Poultry Show. We tested a week before our county fair. Taht was a stretch, but it saved the kids time and me antigen.

 

[HallFamilyFarm]

County Boy, The two Buff Orpington males pictured are both exhibition quality. One is a Bantam and the other a Large Fowl. Trying to get some coops built and delivered ASAP so will get a photo of the 3 types as soon as I can.

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[aveca]

its the same in NY...but in PA there are no inspectors, or clinics or anything...people are responsible to test their own down there..NYS runs as your state does withs clinics leg tags that say NYS and your number ID per each bird..ect..I Love my inspector, we have an assembly lines.when done wash our hands have icey cold coke and some chips and dip...talk for a spell befor she changes her white paper suit and booties. then she gets to next farm or clinic ,and pulls out a fresh suit..she did rabbits after leaving my house .. you can see the ID tag on my avatar cockeral..
LORDY we have been NPIP for quite a few years now.

PA has had several severe disease outbreaks in cattle and poultry over the past several years including brucilosiss which pretty much didnt exist here..its because they all run willy nilly down there..they can band a sick bird and who would ever know it, and they do..i think NYS clamped down on them a few years ago and said if your coming up here to our shows you will have a vet cert as well as your PA testing, because people who showed up here were having bird come down ill after contact with PA birds..

Here in Arkansas a state employee with Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission MUST test your birds for NPIP certification. Then we have "Private Testers" that P-T test for the 90 day certificate. I am the only "Private Tester" in my county and can PT test my own birds when I buy birds from non-NPIP flocks.

We hold a testing clinic twice a year, about 90 days before the last Spring show and about 90 days before the last fall show in our area. That allows our 4-H members and others to have a 90 day certificate for all shows. In 2010 the 90 day certificate expired on Sunday of the Oklahoma State Poultry Show. We tested a week before our county fair. Taht was a stretch, but it saved the kids time and me antigen.

 

[mama24]

I'm from PA. I think they are less strict b/c they are so worried about the Amish population and how any laws affect them. I think they should just make exceptions for Amish communities.

 

[aveca]

do you do your own testing ? i kind of figured it had to do with the amish, but we have amish here too they have schools all over our counties and they abide by the rules no problem..they cant afford salmonella any more than i can...when my cousin lost her barn in the recent flooding in nichols ny...guess who showed up to rebuild their organic farm?.....the amish and menonites...they are in on her organic bizness..if they only raise animals for their own use then they dont need inspection up here..its just when they sell produce to or are exposing at shows that they have to partake...during the salmonella egg outbreak..everybody was turning to NY for clean source of eggs ...there is a guy from down in pa that comes up to these shows..he must have upward of 200 chickens at these shows..he stuck a cubulana whatever they are, chicken from cuba with a huge comb right behind my birds..that bird sure didnt have a bath..he was filthy, even his legs and comb were very dirty. guess when your the guy that shows up with that many, cant wash all of them. they have plexiglass partitions you can use like a sneeze guard..but we had taken off to go tour wine country..so didnt know he had been placed there...spent most of tht winter nursing cockeral back to health in quarentine..rendered him infertile to boot..so i use the sheilds now..that was several years ago..we have a local stock yards down over the border in pa that had to shut down for a spell, but i cant remember what the outbreak was..they were passing out flyers about it.i wish i could remember what it was.lots of good caring poultry keepers in pa..i know lots of them..but its that guy that travels all over bringing birds home from every state and hes the guy that ruins it for everybody.you really have to watch it..lots of stuff out there can make birds real sick..im still a little bitter that a cubulana rendered one of the best australorps iver ever owned infertile and sick for many months.

 

[fowlman01]

There is no mandatory testing here in Calif. It doesn't seem to be a problem.

Walt