The Welfare of Animals (Permitted Procedures by Lay Persons) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012

PART IPart I of this Schedule specifies permitted procedures which may be performed by a lay person in relation to birds

Identification procedures

1.—(1) Microchipping;

(2) Neck tagging;

(3) Web notching;

(4) Web tagging;

(5) Wing tagging;

(6) Other methods of identification involving a prohibited procedure required by law and not restricted to being undertaken by a veterinary surgeon.

Procedures for the control of reproduction

2.—(1) Castration;

(2) Implantation of a subcutaneous contraceptive.

Other management procedures

3.—(1) Beak trimming of poultry;

(2) Desnooding;

(3) De-toeing of domestic fowl and turkeys;

(4) Dubbing;

(5) Removal of the dependent portion of its wattles;

(6) Wing pinioning for non farmed poultry.