just called the number for thier SCC advice line .
. it says on th letter the following ......suffolk county council trading standards are working with the state vetinary service who are enforcing a 2 mile radius protection zone ,if you are the keeper of any captive birds or poultry with in any of the control zones please conatct teh avian influenza helpline on 08456032814 this wil enable us to update all keepers if required ...... so i get put through to a woman sat at a desk ( no sex discrimination meant here ) she says can i help you . your dept sent me a lette about avian flu blah blah blah ....... ok well im not sure who i should put you through to as i havent been informed about this can you hold for 1 minuet ...taps fingers ........ stil tapping fingers ..... helo i have to put you through to ? so i get transfered to a waiting call ,, the sounds of theme tune to the chicken run movie start to fill my mind ... hello the line is not being answered wil you hold ....... no i think that as SCC have taken this long to get this blooming letter out and dont know thier arses from thier elbows i will stay with the defra site and its advice etc . can you pass this message onto the relevant persons for me ... the world ended last week have they sent the notices out yet .. " yes dear iam in the same boat i ahve birdsas well and nobody seems to know what anybody else is doing it really does take the biscuit doesnt it dear " ok i wil pas that on for you are you sure you dont want me to take your number and ask them to call you back ........? " thanks but if they cannot be bothered to pull thier fingers out of thier butts then im not going to make it any more confusing for them