[Womble]

 
We're going to be buying in a tup shortly to serve our wee flock. However, our neighbour currently has some of his own tups on one of our fields, so I asked him what date we should bring ours on to be sure of not causing him any trouble regarding standstill periods.
 
His reply was that this wasn't an issue, since breeding tups were exempt from the regs, so won't trigger a standstill on our holding when they arrive.
 
From a quick look at the exemptions this seems correct, though I do find it surprising. England appears to be different in that an approved isolation facility is required to avoid triggering the standstill.
 
Can somebody confirm that I'm reading all this correctly though? 
 
 

[shep53]

 You are correct bulls/rams/billys  for use on the new holding are exempt

[ballingall]

Absolutely right- we sometimes tend to take males to female goats now as it is easier for movements. It does specify a move for breeding purposes, so I tend to take the view if you are moving a boy in May to a different holding for grazing, then that probably isn't a breeding movement...


Beth

[Womble]

Thanks both - every day's a school day!