John not sure how i ended up getting registered, think it was at the height of the bird flu scare over here and was a requirement from the NIPA to have a DARD register number. Since that they send me out a form every year to register the number of birds i house over the winter and expected max amount to be kept at any one given time. I dont know what the pros and cons of this would be. But because you are a registered bird keeper, you and your family who are in close contact with birds are entitled to free flu jabs from your doctor. It was a pro-active plan to try and stop the spread of bird flu to humans. atb Mick