Wish the ladies luck!

[Chickenclaw]

Best wishes on shipping!

 

[Birds of a Feather]

I was under the impression that only people with NPIP certified flocks could legally ship chickens.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I was under the impression that only people with NPIP certified flocks could legally ship chickens.

That is the case. However many people deviate from the regs.
One is supposed to be NPIP in Missouri to sell any birds or eggs in or out of the state but many people don't know or don't care.
The NPIP number is supposed to be prominently displayed on the outside of the box and one copy of the USDA form 9-2 needs to be in the box of any shipped or transported live poultry or hatching eggs to be legal.
Pullorum and Typhoid nearly wiped out the US poultry industry in the 1930s(?). NPIP was instituted to eradicate it and insure it never returned to its former destructive state.

 

[OhZark Biddies]

That is the case. However many people deviate from the regs.
One is supposed to be NPIP in Missouri to sell any birds or eggs in or out of the state...

Wait ... what? Any birds in the state? ... so to sell a hen at the feed store swap meet I technically need to be NPIP certified?

Or did I misunderstand?

Not arguing... just looking for clarification... as I thought it was only needed for shipping birds or selling across state lines... but will admit I’ve never looked into at all.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Wait ... what? Any birds in the state? ... so to sell a hen at the feed store swap meet I technically need to be NPIP certified?

Or did I misunderstand?

Not arguing... just looking for clarification... as I thought it was only needed for shipping birds or sell across state lines... but will admit I’ve never looked into at all.

Yes. That is what the NPIP tester told me. Tony Perryman is the guy in MO that tests all but commercial flocks across MO. I asked him about NPIP and the legality of shipping birds and eggs. He said, technically, anyone who sells poultry or viable hatching eggs is supposed to be NPIP.

In reality, how would the government be able to control such virulent pathogens? After all, that is what we expect them to do.

 

[TashaFrancois]

I am so happy to report they arrived alive and well yesterday. The post off guaranteed they would arrive by 3:00 pm the the following day, then they didn’t. So we were quite worried for a bit. But they arrived the following day unharmed.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

That is good news.

 

[21hens-incharge]

I am so glad they are ok!

OMG I would have been so freaked out!

For a happy ending!

 

[TashaFrancois]

I am so glad they are ok!

OMG I would have been so freaked out!

For a happy ending!

She and I both were! Kept texting each other for any updates.

 

[TashaFrancois]

Here are the photographs she sent. They look happy in their new home.