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GB
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 Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 10:39 pm Post subject: chicken registration / flock number |
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Do I have to have any official paper work to get/have pigs or chickens? I am not familiar with all the officialese that seems to accompany farming over here but dont want to get pigs or chooks and a REALLY BIG HEADACHE if I do it wrong 
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chook
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| Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 12:44 am Post subject: |
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Don't know about pigs.
All poultry owners are supposed to be registered with the DoAF since late 2005 (in response to the Avian Flu threat). I did register as I have a lot of contact with farmers and the DoAF through my work and also have a sign at the bottom of the drive advertising my surplus free range eggs for sale and have ads in the Buy & Sell at times, and in Practical Poulty. Having said that, most of the hobby poultry keepers I know are not registered. Since IMHO the avian flu threat, at least here in Europe, comes not from wild birds or backyard poultry keepers but from industrial units that ship eggs, meat, and birds all over the place (all the European outbreaks over the last year were in large commercial units in France, Hungary, Britain) I'm quite annoyed even being on a list like that but I kind of had to sign up for the reasons given above.
So, technically, yes, but .... 
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wayland
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| Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 12:42 pm Post subject: |
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I have heard that to advertise eggs as "Free Range" we need a permit. We can use the word "Fresh" with out restriction. More red tape!
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chook
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keithrawlins
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| Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 9:42 pm Post subject: |
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| get in touch with dard its a simple form and one vist from the vet, job done, only need to register chicens if you are going to have 50 or more ,but we did it anyway while when we got the forms for the pigs. still not got any pigs yet though we do have a few hens. |
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chook
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| Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 12:37 am Post subject: |
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| keithrawlins wrote: | | only need to register chicens if you are going to have 50 or more |
That's in Britain. In Ireland it's 1+ (officially anyway )
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GB
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| Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 11:07 am Post subject: |
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Cheers 
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blowin
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| Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 2:38 am Post subject: |
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| chook wrote: | | keithrawlins wrote: | | only need to register chicens if you are going to have 50 or more |
That's in Britain. In Ireland it's 1+ (officially anyway )
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That is what I have been told by someone else too .
There are one or two other points of detail in which UK laws/regs differ quite significantly from those in Ireland so this sort of dialogue can be invaluable to blow-ins like me .
As long as we know which bit of Ireland we are talking about !  . My comment , above , relates to the Republic
Did I mention on a previous post that an Inspector from somewhere actually drove out to my place ( unannounced ) to physically inspect and mark on a map the exact location of the pens I kept my 20 chickens in ! Mind you , it is very scenic around here and it was a nice day . |
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chook
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| Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 10:29 am Post subject: |
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| blowin wrote: |
Did I mention on a previous post that an Inspector from somewhere actually drove out to my place ( unannounced ) to physically inspect and mark on a map the exact location of the pens I kept my 20 chickens in ! |
In Britain or RoI ? 
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blowin
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| Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 4:04 pm Post subject: |
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Haha very drole
ROI
You can see from my profile !
I was actually being a bit devious ( ) and begging the question -- so members can see why it is helpful to put at least a general indication in the "location" field of their Personal Profile . Admin asked me to do that
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