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Thank you both for posting that information though. It is good to know and where to find it.
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"TO:Interested Parties

FROM:Robert M. Cobb, Jr., DVM

SUBJECT:Poultry Dealers

Any person who buys and sells poultry (at home, auction markets and/or flea markets,) must be licensed as a poultry dealer, broker or sales establishment. If you wish to be licensed, please complete the application and send along with the $35.00 application fee to the Georgia Department of Agriculture, 19 Martin Luther King, Jr., Drive, SW, Room 212, Atlanta, Georgia 30334. This license must be renewed annually.

Rules of the Georgia Department of Agriculture pertaining to poultry are included for your information. If you have further questions, please contact us at 404-656-3665 or 1-800-282-5852 , extension 3665. The Department’s website is http://www.agr.state.ga.us. Thanks for your cooperation."


For what it's worth....when I raised and sold Lady Gouldian finches I was required to have a license. This involved a one time home visit and the presence of the license each time I participated as a vendor in a bird fair in Georgia. The requirement also included keeping records on where birds were purchased and who they were sold to.

Vendors who sold bird related items such as seed, cages, toys, nesting material, book, etc. were not required to be licensed. Neither were vendors who did "swapping" instead of selling.

In about 10 years of doing the Augusta fair an inspector showed up only once to check these. Often they had to come from Atlanta and it likely wasn't worth it for someone to make the trip for a small, one day show. After the initial home inspection, I never had any inspector come to my home to regulate any selling done there.

South Carolina does not have such a requirement so holding a fair/show/sale across the river would not require a license.

Gail
 
Thanks for the heads up on that! So, they consider anyone wanting to sell off some of their birds a dealer? So, when I hatch out too many roos and I would want to rehome them, I would need to advertise them as free if I would say put on craigslist or something. If not, then I would need to obtain a license first, pay 30 dollars to then sell a roo for 5 bucks. The government never ceases to amaze me!
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But as others said it would be hard to regulate that. But I still wouldn't put a for sale ad up anywhere.
 
This is how I believe it to be also, you need a license if you are a poultry dealer.

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I did not know you needed a license to sell birds. Is it possible that the license they're talking about is the one mentioned in the Farmer's and Consumer's Market Bulletin? (published by the GA Dept of Agriculture, for any of you who aren't subscribed to it) Under the "Poultry/Fowl For Sale" it says "Any person engaged in buying live poultry of any kind for resale, or in selling live poultry of any kind bought for the purpose of resale, must be licensed by the Georgia Department of Agriculture. Possessing such a license does not by itself disqualify an individual from advertising poultry in the Market Bulletin; however, advertisers should note that all livestock (which includes poultry), must have been in the possession of the advertiser for a minimum of 90 days or, in the case of chicks, ducklings, etc., must have been raised by the advertiser before offering them for sale in the Market Bulletin. Mallard ducks must be at least three generations from the wild before they can be advertised in the Market Bulletin. Advertisers must include this information in notices submitted for publication."

If this is the license that you're supposed to have, then as I understand it only people selling poultry that was bought to be resold need have a license. I know a lady who would order chicks from hatcheries for people that didn't want to order the minimum number. She had to have this license, but say if I hatched chicks and sold them (which I've done) I don't believe I would need to have this license. But I didn't talk to the people, so I'm just trying to make sure, because I do occasionally sell birds at our Farmer's Market, and I wouldn't want to get in trouble if I need a license to do so.

EDIT:Sorry I have just been reading the Swap thread, and I guess this has already been brought up. Sorry again. :s
 
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Yeah..Like if someone went around to auctions, bought up a bunch of poultry, and then resold it either for a higher price or w/e later on..That person would be considered a "dealer". But if we raise our own birds or buy chicks/hatching eggs and are only selling the PQ birds and extra roos we should just be considered a breeder. But of course we don't know exactly how the government interprets all of this, so to them "breeder" is probably just as good as "dealer". It's good to know about the license, though, so thanks for posting that info oneofseven
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Anyway, I heard there may be another swap in spring, depending. I know it's a bit of a ways off, but could someone give me a rough estimate as to which month it'd most likely be in? (Or just like late winter/early spring, mid spring, late spring, etc..) I'm just asking because it doesn't look like I'll be able to attend this one tomorrow which stinks
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, and I really want to get a couple more Silkies before breeding season next year.
 
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Yeah..Like if someone went around to auctions, bought up a bunch of poultry, and then resold it either for a higher price or w/e later on..That person would be considered a "dealer". But if we raise our own birds or buy chicks/hatching eggs and are only selling the PQ birds and extra roos we should just be considered a breeder. But of course we don't know exactly how the government interprets all of this, so to them "breeder" is probably just as good as "dealer". It's good to know about the license, though, so thanks for posting that info oneofseven
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Anyway, I heard there may be another swap in spring, depending. I know it's a bit of a ways off, but could someone give me a rough estimate as to which month it'd most likely be in? (Or just like late winter/early spring, mid spring, late spring, etc..) I'm just asking because it doesn't look like I'll be able to attend this one tomorrow which stinks
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, and I really want to get a couple more Silkies before breeding season next year.

I was thinking early Spring. Sorry to hear you are not coming.
 
Well it does say "anyone who buys *AND* sells"... so if you _only_ sell, perhaps you're okay.
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I also found out a while ago that you're supposed to take a class and learn how to candle and grade eggs before you can sell them. I wonder how many people have actually done that?

-Wendy
 

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