Chicken registration.

[Techno 3]

I'm only plonking this down, as I'm sure there's at least one other member of the forum that keeps chickens. (Graham ?)

Anyway..only caught this by accident this morning when listening to the radio.

Apparently ALL keepers of chickens (that go, or are kept outside) must register with APHA...today. Or risk up to a £2,000 fine.
Even if you only keep one chicken. You used only to have to register if you kept 50 or more.
This applies to England and Wales.

Just plonk in Chicken registration in Google and you'll end up in the right place.

Cheers - Phil.

[d_Guy]

I wonder, do pigeons also require registration?

[Techno 3]

I think any 'owned' bird that goes outside for any length of time has to be registered, Bill.
That would certainly include racing pigeons.

(Unlike the 20 or so flying rats that congregate in our main barn. The sparrowhawk's not doing a very good job with those. I'm going to have to get the pop gun out soon. )

[Leon]

(Unlike the 20 or so flying rats that congregate in our main barn. The sparrowhawk's not doing a very good job with those. I'm going to have to get the pop gun out soon. )

Can I book you and your gun for the end of March?  We need to deal with the seagulls before they begin nesting next door again. 

(I know they're red listed, so we're only allowed to 'dissuade' them...)

[clibinarium]

From looking at it on the government site, it appears to be all own birds that need to be registered, except those that are fully kept captive (like a parrot that never gets out of the house for instance).
It makes sense that its any bird that can fly off or make contact with other birds outside, as its intended for tracing purposes for avian flu.

[Gwydion]

I know this is about avian flu, but ffs why don't they just chip us all at birth and have done with it?

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

I know this is about avian flu, but ffs why don't they just chip us all at birth and have done with it?

To crunchy when you roast them?

[Gwydion]

Us, not the birds!
Everything you do is registered and controlled and probably about to be banned.
Wargamers?
V Dodgy, lets have a drone hovering over each one, just in case.
Sorry - but its only paranoia if they aren't out to get you.

[Last Hussar]

Again, too crunchy...

[d_Guy]

I hadn't thought about avian flu but was thinking about histoplasmosis.

For small drones a shotgun is your friend.