Registering your livestock with Defra
If you're getting livestock for the first time, once the livestock are on your holding you need to register them within one month of arrival with Defra. You need to contact your local AHO. You'll be asked your CPH number and correspondence address.
When your livestock are registered, you'll then be given a Herd/Flock number. The Flock mark (sheep and goats) / Herd mark (cattle and pigs) is used to identify animals born on your holding by way of a tag, and is also needed to allow you to purchase tags for animals born on your holding or order replacement identification tags should the originals become lost or illegible. You must notify the relevant body as soon as possible if, at any time, you make any changes to existing holdings. Some examples of tag manufacturers are listed below:
Chickens only need to be registered with the Defra poultry register. Call 0800 634 1112 if you have more than 50 birds for disease control purposes.
Contact us
- animalhealth@shropshire.gov.uk
- 0345 678 9000