I guess it shouldn't come as any surprise to anyone on this site, but I found it interesting how the state tried to use their "certified disease free" database to kill off a hobby avian farmer. NPIP certified means that you've had your flock tested annually(sometimes every three months depending on which diseases are tested) for a variety of illnesses and they've passed. Optionally avian flu is included per request if it's not mandatory in the state. You aren't allowed to mail birds or eggs out of state without this certification. This was in 2018: >I was looking for someone in Ga. who recently had it done. I am not "illegal"..I only raise Waterfowl which Pullorom (sp) test can be false positive in waterfowl...it is a test for CHICKEN HOUSES to protect them from economic loss. I have even had testers at shows refuse to do my big geese...It is a bureaucratic wide-shot. There are those who would wipe out hobby breeders, who are trying to protect the gene pool. I have met a few who won't do it because they fear local "hysteria" wiping out a rare breed. A while ago something like that happened in the Carolina's with a hobby breeder you can find the thread here on BYC. They found flu or pullorum somewhere nearby and were going to wipe out his man's birds because he was nearby. He had geese, peacocks, and many rare birds in nice environment . He had to get the local news involved to save his birds.THEY WEREN'T EVEN GOING TO TEST HIS BIRDS TO SEE IF THEY HAD ANYTHING , before they were just going to kill everything and give him 5$ a bird.... He got them to agreed to test and quarantine for a month or so and retest...don't think the "local enforcer" will see reason or give exceptions... I would like to go to a few more shows, just to display the breeds, but it is increasingly difficult and there are so many hoops to jump through that lack common sense... Source: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/npip-and-ai-testing-in-georgia-2018.1277974/ I found a guy running a reasonably large operation of quail on YouTube who went through all these hoops because he believes the certification will save his birds should any outbreaks happen near by. He also was targeted by a scammer who bought a thousand adult quail, a week later accused him of selling diseased birds, that he was going to sue him. He had just recertified a month prior and sent the guy a copy of the paperwork and never heard from him again. I guess this is why so many people choose to stay small and only make enough to pay their feed bills and maybe a little more; you're not a target of big government and or big scams.