Questions about N.P.I.P. certification.

[houndit]

I hope this is the right place to post this.

I am interested in becoming N.P.I.P. certified. I would like to do it both because I want to ship chicks and because I would like to have a healthier flock. I am pretty sure that our flocks will test negative as most of them have come from Hatcherys which are N.P.I.P. clean. However all of my Sussex came from Tina auction and some of our extra roosters did to. The test is free but today I found out that once I submit the paper work I have to become N.P.I.P. clean. She said if some birds test positive they take them to a laboratory for further testing. They then euthanize the ones that are positive. This is alright except that I am not willing at this time to lose my $100.00 ducks from Holdereads or my rare Norwegian Jaerhorns. I kind of thought if they tested positive I could decide what I wanted to do. But since they just want to get rid of them I am afraid to risk it. So what I want to know is, can I get a normal vet or something to test them so I know that they are negative before I let npip get their hands on them? If just a couple birds tested positive I would get rid of them. But I just can not get rid of our whole flock. Has anyone else gone through this process? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

[Buck Creek Chickens]

I'm a tester, unless the person you got your birds from is positive you will not be. if you can find a local tester they will test your birds for you be they also must report to the state your positive.

 

[NatalieB]

I wanted to participate as well. I am just not sure I understand the whole process. I was reading a craigslist ad about trading/selling chickens and that it is illegal to do so if you are not NPIP. Is this true? How often do come to test? I am very curious about this. I know it is not a requirement for a "backyard" flock, but what is the benefit?

 

[houndit]

Most people have told me that I need to be certified if I want to ship chicks, which I do. I do not think that it is true about having to be certified just to sell chicks, or at least not yet. If the government ever gets the N.A.I.S. passed no telling what will happen. Back to the n.p.i.p. I was going to try and do it soon as it is free here in Missouri. However I found out that if I have positive birds they will destroy them. I do not really mind this but if our entire flock is positive especially expensive ones like my Holdereads ducks and my jaerhorns and the Silver Sussex I am planning to get. If they are positive that is simply $100.00 gone for the ducks. $50.00 GONE for the Jaerhorns. What I want to do is somehow make sure they are negative before I let the N.P.I.P. get a hold of them.

 

[Buck Creek Chickens]

every states NPIP is slightly different, testing is a simple thing, a prick on the wing to get blood and antigen, its done for most right at your farm. for most places what the test is looking for has not been found, in a long time, I said most, in general NPIP means that you flock is free of pullorum. it is a very bad disease and can decimate a flock very fast and even kill chicks in the shell. in WI you need to be certified to sell chicks, hatching eggs and adults, and it is not free and must be retested every year, but there is also a program that is called WI certified which is the same as npip but is free if you show or sell in WI. also if you show most want you to be NPIP

 

[PurpleChicken]

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NPIP is to certify your flock is free of Influenza and Pullorum. If any of
your birds turn up positive for one of those two diseases why on earth
would you want to keep them? I don't think you understand the severity
of the diseases they test for.

MG & MS, on the other hand, are not part of NPIP, at least in my state, and
if any of your birds turn up with those you make the decision what to do
with them.

 

[speckledhen]

Make that Pullorum and Typhoid, PC, and in some states, not sure if all of them, Avian Influenza. I agree, why would you want to keep them with a really terrible disease? You'd always be endangering the flocks of others.

 

[PurpleChicken]

CT didn't test for Typhoid. I wonder why. I just went back to my files and checked my results and Typhoid wasn't on it. Hmmm. I'll call the state vet on Monday and ask.

Thanks for mentioning that.

 

[Buck Creek Chickens]

WI does only pullorum and typhiod, the Avian Influenza is voluntary

 

[hiddenmagnolia]

When we where members Louisiana did it for free. They checked for pullorum and salmonella in our show birds. The first time all of the birds on our place had to be tested. Then every year after that a certain percent was tested and all new birds not hatched on our place had to be tested. We never failed a test.