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Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: vickylouxx on August 29, 2009, 02:07:17 pm

Title: flock number
Post by: vickylouxx on August 29, 2009, 02:07:17 pm

i have just got my cph number is this all i need to get my sheep or do i need a flock number as well

Title: Re: flock number
Post by: Padge on August 29, 2009, 02:28:31 pm

Hello Vicky     you will also need a flock number ;)

Title: Re: flock number
Post by: Rosemary on August 29, 2009, 02:42:30 pm

You'll get a flock number from Animal Health - our local office is in Perth; your smight be Caithness or Inverness. You'l find details via Google

Title: Re: flock number
Post by: vickylouxx on August 29, 2009, 10:48:18 pm

grr wish they told me that when i went to see them bout my cph number as i saw the animal health bout having pigs so going ring them Monday , thank you

Title: Re: flock number
Post by: vickylouxx on August 31, 2009, 10:45:50 am

all sorted i can now go collect my lambs  ;D cant wait for yummy roast lamb

Title: Re: flock number
Post by: Rosemary on August 31, 2009, 02:17:37 pm

I did think that when I read your posts. When you get a CPH number, why don't they are you if you are going to keep livestock and advise you about herd / flock numbers. Now THAT would be joined up government!

Title: Re: flock number
Post by: shetlandpaul on August 31, 2009, 03:53:45 pm

come on that would make life to easy. think of all the jobs that would be lost if one person could imput the data into a computer.

Title: Re: flock number
Post by: little blue on August 31, 2009, 04:52:56 pm

When we rang, they were  great, we only had 6 hens then and were just asking. We were asked what we were thinking (goats & pigs) and they gave us a number immediately, and we've rung many times for advice/clarification.
DEFRA seem more helpful than the local office it has to be said. (ours is many many miles away in Staffordshire..... whatever!)

Title: Re: flock number
Post by: Rosemary on August 31, 2009, 07:44:11 pm

To be fair, I've always found Animal Health very helpful.

Title: Re: flock number
Post by: vickylouxx on September 02, 2009, 04:04:45 pm

Ive not got a flock number due to me not owing any land , they told me to use the flock number of the land owner I'm using , until they have sorted there computer problem out which will then give me my own number,so collected my lambs today and took them to there new home  :sheep: ;D ;D