NPIP Testing Today!!!

[Quail_Antwerp]

WOOT!! I signed up for the testing at Nationals back in November!

The guy is coming this afternoon!!



My flock is going to be NPIP certified...which means I'll be able to ship day old hatchlings!! and older birds if I really want, but I don't want, but I am considering the possibility of shipping chicks!!



WHOOOHOOOO!

 

[deb4o]

So cool Quail,

Iam sure you'll do fine, that would be a real boost to being SS,making money at what you love isn't half bad.

Let use know, how it goes. it woudl be interesting to know what the procedure is.Not that I will ever be doing it, but knowledge is knowledge.

You go girl

 

[noobiechickenlady]

 

[keljonma]

Congratulations!

 

[keljonma]

Waiting to hear how it went.......

 

[Quail_Antwerp]

Ok, he got here a little after 3 pm, testing was complete by 4 pm. He had to test 20 chickens and five ducks.

We passed the pullorum/typhoid part with flying colors, but the AI is sent off to a lab, but I'm sure that will come back OK, too. He said my NPIP packet with my number and test results should be back in 2 weeks. Give or take a few days.

Anyway, the Pullorum test is a blood test, and he swaps a drop of blood in an anitgen. It gives the result in 30 seconds, so when he was done testing the chickens I knew instantly if we tested clean. We did! He pulls a couple feathers out from under one of the wings, sticks them with a needle, and catches a drop of blood. Simple!

The AI test is an oral swap down the throat for the chickens.

Ducks are only tested for AI. That's a rear end swab for them.

Anyway, it's all done, I'm good for a year, and it means I can now ship live birds!!

 

[Farmfresh]

Congrats it is a true step into the big leagues!

 

[2dream]

for you and your birds. Another source of income for you. That is so great.

 

[Quail_Antwerp]

BeccaOh had hers done, too, so she's NPIP now, too!! Or at least, we will be when all our papers and numbers arrive in the mail in two weeks!

 

[BeccaOH]

I sure got my exercise yesterday rounding up chickens in the pouring rain and mud. We did 25 chickens and at least 10 ducks at my place. When we were done, I was soaked and covered in poo.