Quarantining new birds that come from the same NPIP etc breeder

[Mother of Chaos]

Hi everyone-

I have three pullets from a local breeder, picked up this past March 7. She practices very tight biosecurity and is NPIP certified (also state certified as AI-free.) Meanwhile, no one who has visited our home has had any contact with chickens other than in the meat department in the grocery store.

The current girls are 22 1/2 weeks and laying. I am picking up two more from the same breeder, no changes in her farm management, on July 22.

Several months(?) ago, I mentioned my plans here on BYC, and one of the experienced and respected members here mentioned that although I'd still have to do integration, I wouldn't have to do quarantine, as the birds were from the same source. My breeder agrees.

Does this sound like reasonable guidance? Obviously, I would like it to be! I don't think that I've seen this addressed as a specific topic, so I felt it worth its own thread.

 

[ChimkinNug]

Hi everyone-

I have three pullets from a local breeder, picked up this past March 7. She practices very tight biosecurity and is NPIP certified (also state certified as AI-free.) Meanwhile, no one who has visited our home has had any contact with chickens other than in the meat department in the grocery store.

The current girls are 22 1/2 weeks and laying. I am picking up two more from the same breeder, no changes in her farm management, on July 22.

Several months(?) ago, I mentioned my plans here on BYC, and one of the experienced and respected members here mentioned that although I'd still have to do integration, I wouldn't have to do quarantine, as the birds were from the same source. My breeder agrees.

Does this sound like reasonable guidance? Obviously, I would like it to be! I don't think that I've seen this addressed as a specific topic, so I felt it worth its own thread.

I'm not an expert, but I can tell you that I would not quarantine in that situation.

 

[townchicks]

The way I look at it, quarantine can't possibly hurt. Not quarantining can possibly hurt. It seems unlikely, but, for me, peace of mind is worth a few weeks of extra hassle.

 

[Mother of Chaos]

The way I look at it, quarantine can't possibly hurt. Not quarantining can possibly hurt. It seems unlikely, but, for me, peace of mind is worth a few weeks of extra hassle.

Fair enough. We have a very real space constraint, which elevates the problem beyond my very real “I don’t wanna.”

Would a few weeks be sufficient? I’ve always read a month.

 

[townchicks]

Most folks do a few weeks, myself included, ideally a month, but since they are coming from the same NPIP breeder, a month really doesn't seem necessary. Space constraints are real, I get it. I actually do my quarantine in a pop up dog kennel in my house, PIA, but doable for a few birds for a few weeks. But that's me, and full disclosure, quarantined, healthy looking adult birds that I adopted, still ended up being carriers for MS, MG and ALV. Nobody got sick, except one of the adopted ones. The other two are fine two years later. So visual inspection is not always reliable. I'd do it again, anyway, and I don't breed or sell so that's my choice.