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Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: Wen3 on January 15, 2016, 08:38:06 am
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Hi All
We have brought a place in Suffolk, I have now got my CPH number I am in the process of getting herd numbers (cattle and pigs) do I need to inform or do anything else? I keep reading different acranims for different government departments but then they seem to have changed, would just like to do things right. I have sorted out insurance. Any help will be very gratefully received, thank you x
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If you intend to keep sheep you need a flock number. If you keep more than 50 chickens you should register.
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Register with the local agri-vet
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If you intend to keep sheep you need a flock number. If you keep more than 50 chickens you should register.
Register with who?
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Great Britain Poultry Register.
You might find the guides on TAS useful:
http://www.accidentalsmallholder.net/livestock/ (http://www.accidentalsmallholder.net/livestock/)
Poultry here:
http://www.accidentalsmallholder.net/livestock/poultry/ (http://www.accidentalsmallholder.net/livestock/poultry/)
HTH.
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You need to inform the Animal and Plant Health Agency that you have sheep and they will issue you with a flock number. You can also ask them to register you as a poultry keeper (as pointed out above, compulsory if you have 50 or more poultry birds). Your regional office is Bury St Edmunds but they have recently changed to a centralised telephone number 03000 200 301 (Defra Rural Services Helpline which comes under the ambit of APHA). If you phone them you will find them very helpful.