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With Monday's approval of a bylaw that allows residents to own chickens by right, the Board of Health reminds residents that free testing is available for chickens. Poultry owners can have their chickens tested for salmonella pullorum and avian influenza. The Board of Health offers three reminders: 1. If you sell or give away hatching eggs, chicks or grown birds, they must be from a tested flock, according to Massachusetts general law.   2. If poultry leaves your property for exhibition, they must also be from a tested flock. 3. Test your flock annually; test all chickens, turkeys, upland game birds, guinea or peafowl over 16 weeks of age. To arrange for your free testing call the <a href="http://www.mass.gov/agr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources</a> at 617-626-1795

With Monday’s approval of a bylaw that allows residents to own chickens by right, the Board of Health reminds residents that free testing is available for chickens.

Poultry owners can have their chickens tested for salmonella pullorum and avian influenza. The Board of Health offers three reminders:

1. If you sell or give away hatching eggs, chicks or grown birds, they must be from a tested flock, according to Massachusetts general law.   2. If poultry leaves your property for exhibition, they must also be from a tested flock.

3. Test your flock annually; test all chickens, turkeys, upland game birds, guinea or peafowl over 16 weeks of age. To arrange for your free testing call the <a href="http://www.mass.gov/agr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources</a> at 617-626-1795

MA Patch Team

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Testing is mandatory in certain situations.