"Chickens are subject to maternity capital, while roosters are subject to military registration": How chicken owners mock poultry labeling
New regulations come into effect on September 1: marking and registering poultry becomes mandatory. These requirements apply not only to farmers but also to ordinary residents who keep chickens for themselves. In response, backyard chicken owners have released dozens of videos featuring "emergency meetings" in their chicken coops.
Who will be affected by poultry labeling?
Rules extend Chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, quail, guinea fowl, and ostriches will be tagged. Birds will be tagged in groups or individually, if desired.
However, for now, this requirement only applies to farms with more than 10 birds. The data must be entered into the Horriot system, which is part of the state-run VetIS system.
In addition, camels and deer in private farms must be marked by September 1.
How chicken owners responded to the "passportization"
Farm owners responded to the news about the "passportization" of poultry with videos on social media. In them, they hold "emergency meetings" in their chicken coops and try imagine, what will life for birds look like under the new rules?
In jokes already появились Mandatory installation of the MAX messenger, roosters' marches to the MFC, military registration, and official marriage registration.
"And if a chicken dies, should we call the police to investigate? What if it's aggravated murder? I'm just imagining a fox or a weasel walking in, like in our country... The police will be overwhelmed, and then the police will be running around with sketches of the chickens."
— says the owner of the chickens in one of the videos.
"Will the mortgage be written off for them?"
Commenters also decided to support the farmers. In other words, a joke about poultry census quickly escalated into a conversation about how bureaucracy works for people.
"Where do I get a death certificate, if anything happens? Maybe some kind of burial is required? Birth certificates for the first, second, and subsequent children—how much will they pay? Will they write off the mortgage for them?" "I wonder, if one was eaten in soup, how do I deregister?"
Additionally, readers suggest that chicken owners share a surname, issue passports for their birds, and send imported chickens directly to the immigration service.
Why is it important
Labeling of farm animals is being introduced in Russia in stages, gradually covering new species—from cattle to poultry on private farms. Thus, the new requirements now apply not only to businesses but also to ordinary families in villages and dachas.
Meanwhile, irony on social media remains a common response for farm owners to the latest expansion of reporting requirements. Jokes about military registration for roosters and maternity capital for chickens reflect less a debate about veterinary records than fatigue from the paperwork burden.
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