South Carolina

[abbevilleoz]

On the ground, under a roof down the side of my shop. They still get some sun, but out of the weather

I've got a wire one but I'm thinking about making anther.

 

[scflock]

I've got a wire one but I'm thinking about making anther.

I have 3 large brooders off the ground, but all have solid floors lined with linoleum to make cleaning easier. I put new chicks on a deep bed of fresh pine shavings, leave them in the brooders for 4-5 weeks, then move them to the grow out pens with a heat lamp. The pens are 8x12, so they have plenty of room to get away from the light if they want, and they learn to roost before moving to the big pens at 3-4 months

 

[abbevilleoz]

I have 3 large brooders off the ground, but all have solid floors lined with linoleum to make cleaning easier. I put new chicks on a deep bed of fresh pine shavings, leave them in the brooders for 4-5 weeks, then move them to the grow out pens with a heat lamp. The pens are 8x12, so they have plenty of room to get away from the light if they want, and they learn to roost before moving to the big pens at 3-4 months

Sounds like you've got it goin on! Hey, something just dawned on me. Me and your splash roo have a lot in common . My hair color matches his feather color. I've got more white though.

 

[scflock]

Sounds like you've got it goin on! Hey, something just dawned on me. Me and your splash roo have a lot in common . My hair color matches his feather color. I've got more white though.

 

[Bejammie]

Scflock....that avatar!!!

 

[scflock]

Scflock....that avatar!!!

Are you just noticing that? It will never change

 

[scflock]

Well, I just got off the phone with Julie Helm. If anyone has been wondering about what it takes to go NPIP, I will try to give updates as I start the travel down this road. I'm know Susan has done it, and I'm sure others, but I've never really read about anyone's experience with it. So far the only thing I really dread is rounding up 100 birds, but that's a few months down the road

 

[samouw]

Well, I just got off the phone with Julie Helm. If anyone has been wondering about what it takes to go NPIP, I will try to give updates as I start the travel down this road. I'm know Susan has done it, and I'm sure others, but I've never really read about anyone's experience with it. So far the only thing I really dread is rounding up 100 birds, but that's a few months down the road

When I was getting ready for it, I was in panic mode! The entire house - inside and out - had to be scrubbed clean, the walkways (all sand) in front of and around the coops all had to be raked and scraped clean, all coops and birds had to be as spotlessly clean as i could get them. Then, I had hubby put up a temporary dining canopy so the inspector and testers could be out of the sun, or rain. I made sure the cooler was full of water and soft drinks and bought several different kinds of cookies. LOL

I also had all my birds "inventoried". The first 20 or so were already gathered up and put in small conditioning pens, and I had a printed excel spreadsheet listing what was in each pen.

The State Inspector, Bradford Smith, was just wonderful! He went into each pen, grabbed the birds, swabbed the mouth and on to the next one. Stan Alder and a friend of his did the PT testing and, after a couple of false starts, they made short work of it.

I think I had just about 50 birds and we were done by lunch. I now know that some of my work was completely unnecessary and that the folks are people just like me. A good time was had by all. lol

 

[scflock]

When I was getting ready for it, I was in panic mode!  The entire house - inside and out - had to be scrubbed clean, the walkways (all sand) in front of and around the coops all had to be raked and scraped clean, all coops and birds had to be as spotlessly clean as i could get them.  Then, I had hubby put up a temporary dining canopy so the inspector and testers could be out of the sun, or rain.  I made sure the cooler was full of water and soft drinks and bought several different kinds of cookies.  LOL

I also had all my birds "inventoried".  The first 20 or so were already gathered up and put in small conditioning pens, and I had a printed excel spreadsheet listing what was in each pen. 

The State Inspector, Bradford Smith, was just wonderful! He went into each pen, grabbed the birds, swabbed the mouth and on to the next one. Stan Alder and a friend of his did the PT testing and, after a couple of false starts, they made short work of it. 

I think I had just about 50 birds and we were done by lunch. I now know that some of my work was completely unnecessary and that the folks are people just like me.  A good time was had by all.  lol

I run one of the largest landfills in the state, so I deal with DHEC twice per month. Most state inspectors try to help you succeed, not fail

 

[WestKnollAmy]

I had put my Bronze turkeys up for sale and someone asked me if I was NPIP. Uh... no. Only my show birds are tested NPIP. I have seen some shockingly unclean farms that are NPIP. NPIP does not mean clean, it means they are testing negative for something that has not be found in birds in over 50 years. And turkeys are usually a false positive and have to be tested over and over.








Healthy clean birds prove more than a number from the state.