Ohhhh…weasel no likee
The law used to be that you had to register flocks of fifty birds or more. Now if you own a single chicken and it’s a pet, you have to register.
You can imagine my first thought, but this is a criminal charge. There’s no talk of jail time, but a £5,000 fine and a criminal record.
You have to ask yourself, do any of my neighbors hate me enough to turn me in? Well, there’s this one guy…
The excuse is bird flu control – and if there’s an outbreak in the area, they’ll definitely come out and kill my birds – but it’s more broadly seen as the first steps of an attack on self-sufficiency. There have been articles lately on the surprisingly high carbon footprint of growing your own food and the dangers of wood fires.
p.s. well, that tears it. The first step to registration, they send you an email with a verification code. The email never came. No, it’s not in spam.
September 30, 2024 — 5:32 pm
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