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Register as a keeper of 50 or more poultry or other captive birds

How to register if you keep 50 or more birds, including any you keep as pets.

From:
Animal and Plant Health Agency and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Published
6 November 2018
Last updated
3 December 2024 바카라 사이트� See all updates

Applies to England and Wales

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Details

This guidance is for keepers of 50 or more poultry or other captive birds.

There바카라 사이트檚 different guidance to register as a keeper of less than 50 poultry or other captive birds in England and Wales.

You must register within one month of keeping poultry or other captive birds at any premises in England or Wales.

You바카라 사이트檙e breaking the law if you do not register.

If you바카라 사이트檝e already registered, you do not need to register again.

Keeper of 50 or more poultry

You바카라 사이트檒l need this information to complete the form:

  • your contact details
  • details of the person or company that owns or rents your site
  • your site바카라 사이트檚 location and county parish holding (CPH) number - (find out how to get a permanent聽CPH聽number in England and )
  • details of the birds you keep and how you farm them (species, number you usually keep, what you keep them for, your farming system)
  • how many birds of each species you usually keep each month (your stocking arrangements)
  • a list of other livestock you keep on the site

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  • your contact details聽
  • details of the person or company that owns or rents your site
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  • details of the birds you keep (species, number you usually keep, what you keep them for)聽
  • how many birds of each species you usually keep each month (your stocking arrangements)

After you have registered聽聽

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  • the contact information you gave changes聽
  • the size of your flock changes by 20%聽or more
  • you change the species you keep聽

Email your changes to 바카라 사이트�customer.registration@apha.gov.uk or call on 03000 200 301. Lines are open 8:30am to 5:00pm Monday to Friday.

Get help

If you need help completing registration forms, contact the Customer Registration Team:

Disease alerts

You do not need to sign up to receive disease alerts for notifiable poultry diseases if you바카라 사이트檝e registered as a poultry keeper.

To receive email and text alerts for other exotic notifiable diseases, register with the APHA聽alerts service.

Pollution prevention and control (PPC) permits

If your premises can hold more than 40,000 birds, you may need to apply for a聽PPC聽permit. Read guidance from:

  • the Environment Agency if you farm in England
  • the (SEPA) if you farm in Scotland
  • if you farm in Wales

Updates to this page

Published 6 November 2018
Last updated 3 December 2024 show all updates

  1. Updated the Welsh version of the guidance to reflect recent updates to the English version.

  2. Updated introduction to clarify that you must register within one month of keeping poultry or other captive birds at any premises in England or Wales.

  3. Updated information in the introduction about when you must register.

  4. We've added updated versions of the forms 'Register as a keeper of 50 or more poultry' and 'Register as a keeper of 50 or more other captive birds'. We've also added a Welsh version of the page.

  5. Updated the PDF forms and details section. Welsh translations of the forms and other information will be available soon.

  6. Added a link to the Scottish 바카라 사이트 website to register your birds if in Scotland.

  7. Updated the phone number in Get Help.

  8. Added a link under the details section to the online service to register under 50 birds. You need to register by 1 October 2024.

  9. Updated the forms and guidance. Added a link to new online service for voluntary registration.

  10. Removed coronavirus (COVID-19) references relating to applications.

  11. Updated the forms with a new office address.

  12. Added coronavirus statement on sending application by email.

  13. Disease alerts section updated

  14. Documents updated with email address

  15. Document IRA81 and IRA81(Welsh) updated

  16. Documents updated

  17. Added translation

  18. First published.

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