Listen back: What housing order means for poultry? A compulsory housing order for poultry and captive birds; to protect them from the risk of avian influenza; has been announced by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon.
Furthermore, the new rules will come into effect on Monday, November 10th, 2025.
Northern Ireland has also announced a housing order, which will come into effect at midnight tonight.
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The IFA's Poultry chair, Nigel Sweetnam welcomed the news, and urged all farmers, and members of the public, not to take any chances with wild birds.
He was speaking about the housing order to Maitiú Monaghan.
