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Find out what you need to do to keep wild birds or animals legally and safely, including when you need a licence and how to get one.
You must register within one month of keeping poultry or other captive birds at any premises in England or Wales.
How to register if you keep up to 49 birds, including any you keep as pets.
How to register to keep captive schedule 4 birds, when to ring them and when to microchip them.
How to register if you keep 50 or more birds, including any you keep as pets.
How to manage game birds during a bird flu (avian influenza) outbreak.
Biosecurity and hygiene standards to keep birds safe from bird flu (avian influenza).
How to manage racing pigeons, birds of prey and other captive birds during a bird flu (avian influenza) outbreak.
Manage your birds’ housing and welfare when they must be kept inside because of disease outbreaks.
Use this service to tell the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) about a change to your kept bird record or to confirm your details every 12 months.
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