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How and when you must register as a bird keeper (including for any birds you keep as pets).
Register to keep up to 49 birds, including any you’re keeping as pets.
New registration requirements for bird keepers in Great Britain - all bird keepers must register their birds and update records annually.
How to market eggs, including rules on registration, egg marking, salmonella control and egg marketing inspections in England and Wales.
Seeking views on proposals to make it compulsory for bird keepers in Great Britain to register their birds.
When and how to take samples from breeding chickens for the salmonella national control programme (NCP), and what happens if a flock tests positive.
How poultry producers can join and pay fees for the Poultry Health Scheme, and how to pay fees to become a PHS approved laboratory.
Form for poultry keepers to notify the Animal and Plant Health Agency of chickens kept for meat production.
When and how to take samples for the salmonella national control programme (NCP) if you’re an egg producer, and what happens if a laying flock tests positive.
Form to register an establishment used for hatching egg and chick production.
Find out when and how to take samples, and what happens if one of your flocks tests positive.
Summary data on the population of poultry and game birds in England, Scotland and Wales.
Rules you need to follow to export cattle, pigs, sheep, goats and poultry.
Code of recommendations and guidance for laying hens, meat chickens, ducks, turkeys and other birds bred on farms.
Form to register an egg production establishment.
Apply online for a CPH number for land or buildings you'll use to keep livestock, including those kept as pets, in England.
How to manage the health and welfare of poultry during transport, at market and during slaughter.
Use these forms and guidance documents to export hatching eggs of chickens and turkeys to Canada.
Biosecurity and hygiene standards to keep birds safe from bird flu (avian influenza).
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