Hatchery, apply for registration

"This administrative service is not offered in Rhineland-Palatinate. You can find out whether you can claim this in other federal states when you enter the location in which you would like to claim the benefit in the Bürger- und Unternehmensservice Rheinland-Pfalz."

If you want to run a farm whose activity is the laying of hatching eggs in incubators, the incubation of these eggs and the delivery of chicks, you must register with the competent authority upon application.

The following establishments must be registered:

• Hatcheries with a capacity of 1,000 or more hatching eggs
• Breeding and propagation holdings with 100 or more animals