{"id":295984,"date":"2024-10-03T06:07:48","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T06:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=295984"},"modified":"2024-10-05T07:18:21","modified_gmt":"2024-10-05T07:18:21","slug":"the-uks-chicken-license-rebellion-the-good-way-to-deal-with-bad-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=295984","title":{"rendered":"The UK\u2019s \u201cChicken License\u201d Rebellion \u2013 the GOOD way to deal with BAD laws"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Apologies if you can&#8217;t read their *ahem* chicken scratch.<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Kit Knightly \u2013 Off-Guardian Oct 2, 2024<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>As of today, the UK\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cjr3l3w8353o\">\u201cChicken License\u201d<\/a> is in full effect. October 1st marked the deadline for registering your chickens with the proper authority.<\/p>\n<p>Moving forward anyone caught with an unlicensed chicken will be in breach of the law and subject to fines and poultry reclamation.<\/p>\n<p>I am entirely serious.<\/p>\n<p>Back in March the UK govt\u2019s \u201cDepartment for Environment Food and Rural Affairs\u201d (DEFRA) announced changes to the poultry registration laws, essentially redefining a \u201cflock\u201d from \u201c50 birds or more\u201d to 1.<\/p>\n<p>So, from now on, everybody in the country who keeps even a single bird \u2013 not just chickens, all outdoor birds \u2013 has to register as a poultry keeper.<\/p>\n<p>You understand, this is all about protecting birds and the public from avian influenza, not at all about increasing government monitoring with the final aim of stamping down on self-sufficiency.<\/p>\n<p>Banish that cynical thought from your head.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, the people of the UK have a tried-and-tested method of dealing with absurdity\u2014more absurdity.<\/p>\n<p>In the run-up to the deadline thousands of people took to the DEFRA website to register their \u201cchickens\u201d \u2013 frozen, nuggets, unhatched and even rubber:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Just about to register my bird \uf414\uf914 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zkrzWBkaq4\">pic.twitter.com\/zkrzWBkaq4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud63d\ud640\ud647 (@Bel_B30) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bel_B30\/status\/1840402944857931792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 29, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n&#8212;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Just completed my <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/chicken?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#chicken<\/a> registration.<br \/>\nSuprised they didn&#8217;t ask for photos&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1aPBgdtxLL\">pic.twitter.com\/1aPBgdtxLL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Richard David On \ud54f (@Trying_Very) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Trying_Very\/status\/1840474447809052753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 29, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n&#8212;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The result is that the online service strained\u2026<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/chickengate.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpa-warning wpa-image-missing-alt aligncenter size-full wp-image-295986\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/chickengate.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"793\" data-warning=\"Missing alt text\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/chickengate.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/chickengate-480x595.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 640px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>and then broke:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/chickengate-crashed-the-defra-site-800x797-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpa-warning wpa-image-missing-alt aligncenter size-full wp-image-295987\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/chickengate-crashed-the-defra-site-800x797-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"638\" data-warning=\"Missing alt text\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/chickengate-crashed-the-defra-site-800x797-1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/chickengate-crashed-the-defra-site-800x797-1-480x479.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 640px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>That\u2019s all poisoned data flooding the system rendering the register all but useless. A display of the power of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Malicious_compliance\">malicious compliance<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Good work.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"qme\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bDHLJZ20CD\">pic.twitter.com\/bDHLJZ20CD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 I Support Farmers Markets (@SupportMarkets) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SupportMarkets\/status\/1841234274210701451?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 1, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n&#8212;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Support Off-Guardian<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ko-fi.com\/offguardian\">Ko-fi<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.subscribestar.com\/offguardian\">Subscribestar<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=CKFB3MH8CGB9U\">Paypal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/off-guardian.org\/2024\/10\/02\/the-uks-chicken-license-rebellion-the-good-way-to-deal-with-bad-laws\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Oct 1st anyone in the UK who keeps even a single chicken must register as a poultry keeper. As Kit Knightly explains, this crude attempt to monitor those striving for self-sufficiency has backfired<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":295985,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[61,58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-295984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-Commentary","category-Current_Affairs"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=295984"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295984\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":295988,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295984\/revisions\/295988"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/295985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=295984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=295984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=295984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}