How would importing birds work?

[Gigachad poultry]

Anything is possible but is it monetarily feasible? To import from EU to USA the birds have to go through quarantine at both ends involving vet and transportation costs. There is also reservation timing at both ends that have to be coordinated. The cost is quite expensive for only a pair of trio, that is why they are normally shipped in quantities. To get my latest rare breed peafowl to my farm I paid well over 10K. If I were you I would look at bringing eggs with you when you fly over.

Yeah I think hatching eggs are definitely the way to go about importing

 

[Gigachad poultry]

I know a few breeders with some really cool varieties of leghorns too! Such as Buff Leghorns

 

[Gigachad poultry]

I've been wondering how important it is to get imports of rare breeds for genetic diversity are? Aren't most of the rare European breeds in the US fairly inbred? Although inbreeding is fine in general... Wouldn't it be good to get more breed standard genetic diversity from new lines of the breed?