Show ducks and geese kept together with chickens or turkeys

You can report the joint keeping of your ducks and geese with chickens and turkeys for a poultry market or poultry exhibition in writing or via an online service.

If you wish to submit the notification in writing:

• You describe your request, giving all the necessary information.
• You submit all the necessary documents.
• You send your notification to the competent body.
• The responsible office checks your complaint.
• If there are any queries, the responsible office will contact you.
• You will receive a confirmation.

If you wish to submit the report via an online service:

• You call up the online service.
• Fill in the notification form.
• You upload all the necessary documents.
• Your report is sent to the responsible office.
• The responsible office checks your report.
• If there are any queries, the responsible office will contact you.
• You will receive a confirmation.

• The animals are geese, ducks, chickens or turkeys.
• You have been keeping the animals together for at least 7 days before the event.
• The event is a poultry market or a poultry exhibition.
• You keep the prescribed number of chickens or turkeys together (see links for information).

• Proof of Annex 2 of the Ordinance on Avian Influenza (correct number of sentinel animals (chickens or turkeys kept together))

There are no fees.

• You must keep the ducks or geese together with the chickens or turkeys for at least 7 days before the event.
• Notify us immediately that you are keeping the animals together.
• You need confirmation before you can exhibit your ducks and geese at a poultry exhibition or poultry market without the required prior testing for avian influenza.

The processing time depends on the scope of the advertisement. Processing normally takes 1 - 3 weeks.

• Gesetz zur Vorbeugung vor und Bekämpfung von Tierseuchen (Tiergesundheitsgesetz - TierGesG)
• § 7 Absatz 3 Satz 1  der Verordnung zum Schutz gegen die Geflügelpest (Geflügelpest-Verordnung) (GeflPestSchV)

No legal remedy is provided for.

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18.04.2023

The text was automatically translated based on the German content.