Delaware Administrative Code
Title 3 - Agriculture
900 - Poultry and Animal Health
901 - Poultry Disease Prevention Regulations
Section 901-8.0 - Commercial Poultry

8.1.1 Complete a poultry producer registration form (as described above) for each farm owned or operated by an individual or corporation who produces poultry for an integrated company.

8.1.2 Submit a plan, signed, approved and verified by the integrated company, for the in-place on-farm disposal method of normal day to day mortality for each separate commercial poultry producing farm.

8.1.3 The transport of any poultry which is owned by an integrated poultry company to a public sale or auction is strictly prohibited.

8.1.4 In an attempt to minimize the establishment of new back yard poultry flocks, the commercial poultry companies will instruct catching crews to catch and load all live birds and/or killed culls from every house. If any live or dead birds are left in a house, they must be caught and humanely destroyed and/or properly disposed of within 48 hours of the flock being taken into processing.