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Pandang81
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I sure hope
I sure hope we can breath easy…but yes need to confirm since the interpretation is ambiguous.The Title, and the Original Post, are basically click bait. As best I can determine, while this regulatory change would extend USDA Regulation to all Avians, it would specifically exclude "Poultry"* and other Farm Animals.
*The only caveat would be if APHIS continues to use the term "non-poultry" as it is currently doing to describe backyard flocks not part of the commercial food supply (as it is doing in announcements regarding the spread of Avian Influenza), see for example here and here. EVEN THEN, certain "de minimis" exemptions would exclude the majority of BYC owners from regulation under this measure.
- annual sales under $500
four or fewer breeding females
any person who buys animals solely for his or her own use or enjoyment and does not sell or exhibit** animals
** showing a chicken at the county faire, livestock show, rodeo, 4h club event, etc is, definitionally, not "exhibiting" in this regulation.
The only BYC people who **MAY** get wrapped up in this are breeders like myself (and larger, of course - I'm pretty small, and last year would still qualify for the de minimis exemption). That I'm not seeing an outcry (though I need to look further) from Cackle, Hoovers, Meyers, Ideal, Murray McMurray's etc suggests either they don't think this applies to them, or that they can easily eat the additional costs. I'm also not seeing an outcry from Greenfire, Bob's Biddies, Happy Feat, House of Raeford, Hilltop Farms, etc either, who might not be able to eat the costs as easily - which again suggests they don't think this will apply to them, as I can't believe they are all unaware of it.
When I'm done doing my taxes, I may write them to try and clarify - but for the very vast majoirty of BYCers, I think they can breathe easy.