KRS 257.400: Newly hatched poultry and hatching eggs to originate from approved

flocks.

Hatching eggs and all poultry under five (5) months of age, including baby chicks, started

chicks, turkey poults, and other newly hatched domestic poultry except those intended for

immediate slaughter which may be imported into the state under permit issued by the

Office of State Veterinarian, and sold or offered for sale in this state, shall have

originated from flocks that meet the pullorum requirements of the Nationa l Poultry

Improvement Plan or other USDA-administered plan, and the regulations promulgated by

authority of KRS 257.370 to 257.460 for the control and eradication of pullorum disease.

Nothing in KRS 257.370 to 257.460, however, shall require any hatchery, dealer, or flock

owner to participate in the National Poultry Improvement Plan.