Traveling to UK with two chickens

[lunarleo]

Hello! First time on this forum, but I've just got a question that I haven't been able to answer online. I'm hoping to move to the UK (from the US) with two chickens for work, for about a year. I've found some information online on poultry processing. But can my birds be classified as pets? What do I need to do to move them safely there and back? Any information or similar experiences is appreciated, especially with links!

 

[islafarm]

I'm sorry, I have neither links nor experience but I'd advise you to call the British embassy and ask them. Dogs and cats have to undergo a 6 month quarantine and I don't know why it would be different for any other 'pet'. Perhaps if you shipped them as livestock . . . but I still don't know how they'd get round the quarantine law. Sorry can't be more positive.

edited to add:

to the forum!

 

[Mutt Farm]

Hi! Welcome!

Very unique question. I''m guessing they can't travel along as "pets". England laws are quite strict and they have strict quarantine measures. I bet if you shout out UK in the forum navigation bar to find folks that live there you'll get good answers. Here's a link to get you started. Keep me posted, I'm curious. https://www.backyardchickens.com/newsearch?search=United+Kingdom

 

[enola]

Because of Avian Flu here in the USA, getting any poultry into the UK will probably be very difficult. And VERY expensive.

 

[Folly's place]

Chickens are considered livestock/poultry, and those rules apply. Check with the British Embassy/ Consulate, or the British Agriculture Dept, for current regulations, because rules and requirements can change anytime. Mary