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Livestock => Goats => Topic started by: Carl f k on October 05, 2012, 01:25:49 pm

Title: Pigmy for sale
Post by: Carl f k on October 05, 2012, 01:25:49 pm
A friend of mine has a castrated male 18 months old.. Impulse buy and a mistake.. Anyone want to give him a home? Oh got no ear tags??!!
Title: Re: Pigmy for sale
Post by: Sbom on October 05, 2012, 01:28:05 pm
If he has a holding number then getting ear tags is easy. It'd be a lot easier to rehome him that way, certainly more legal!
Title: Re: Pigmy for sale
Post by: Carl f k on October 05, 2012, 01:37:27 pm
Just found out no holding number
Title: Re: Pigmy for sale
Post by: plumseverywhere on October 05, 2012, 02:07:23 pm
He's going to struggle to rehome without a holding number Carl. He needs to get onto the people and explain  - its just a phonecall essentially. once that's sorted he can tag and the goat will get a good home more easily.
Title: Re: Pigmy for sale
Post by: Carl f k on October 05, 2012, 02:22:31 pm
what people plums? DEFRA?
Title: Re: Pigmy for sale
Post by: plumseverywhere on October 05, 2012, 02:27:07 pm
animal welfare people at his local trading standards office. I think the defra website has the lists of the numbers. Ideally we all have to have CPH numbers BEFORE any livestock (even belonging to others) enters out land but if he explains that he didn't know or whatever, they are usually quite reasonable
Title: Re: Pigmy for sale
Post by: Carl f k on October 05, 2012, 02:29:12 pm
thanks plums i pass on the message
Title: Re: Pigmy for sale
Post by: jinglejoys on October 05, 2012, 08:57:17 pm
So much for holding numbers ear tags and movement records! :(
Title: Re: Pigmy for sale
Post by: Brucklay on October 05, 2012, 10:20:15 pm
Quote from: jinglejoys on October 05, 2012, 08:57:17 pm
So much for holding numbers ear tags and movement records! :(


And herd animals need friends!!
Title: Re: Pigmy for sale
Post by: Carl f k on October 05, 2012, 10:52:34 pm
Quote from: jinglejoys on October 05, 2012, 08:57:17 pm
So much for holding numbers ear tags and movement records! :(


There's always a way around red tape.. Bet there's s**t loads out there unregistered.. Money talks
Title: Re: Pigmy for sale
Post by: deepinthewoods on October 05, 2012, 11:39:11 pm
the laws the law mate. its there for good reason, in case of disease outbreak.
 your mate needs to sort it out.
Title: Re: Pigmy for sale
Post by: plumseverywhere on October 06, 2012, 08:40:09 am
Carl, there is always a good chance that this little goat has come from somewhere also not abiding by either the law OR general goat welfare (eg. has the goat been CAE checked, wormed, vaccinated etc)
If the seller allowed your friend to take to a home without holding number it could mean he also didn't have one.
By law we have to complete a movement form which includes writing the holding numbers of both places on there - this was obviously not a priority in the same it seems  ???

It is a pain but its for a very good reason I'm afraid  :)
Title: Re: Pigmy for sale
Post by: Carl f k on October 06, 2012, 08:41:45 am
Goat staying put now and sortin things out :thumbsup: