Poultry welfare – laying hens: consultation

Footnotes

1 YouGov - Compassion in World Farming Survey Results.pdf

2 Caging of Farm Animals - Monday 16 March 2020 - Hansard - UK Parliament

3 End the Cage Age for all farmed animals - Petitions (parliament.uk)

4 Tell us what you think - Results from the Scottish Agricultural Census: June 2023 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) *Poultry estimates for 2023 were not comparable to previous years due to methodological improvements

5 (The Welfare of Farmed Animals (Scotland) Regulations 2010 (legislation.gov.uk))

6 The Welfare of Farmed Animals (Scotland) Regulations define a ‘farmed animal’ as an animal bred or kept for the production of food, wool or skin or other farming purposes, but not including - (a)a fish, reptile or amphibian;(b)an animal whilst at, or solely intended for use in, (b)a competition, show or cultural or sporting event or activity;(c)an experimental or laboratory animal; or(d)an animal living in the wild.

7 The term ‘laying hen’ means a hen of the species Gallus gallus which has reached laying maturity and is kept for the production of eggs not intended for hatching.

8 John Nix Pocketbook for Farm Management 2024 54^th Edition

9 The British Free Range Egg Producers Association Costings Portal https://www.bfrepa.co.uk/costings

10 Article from Poultry World “From cages to cage free – an industry perspective” 27/06/2022 https://www.poultryworld.net/poultry/layers/from-cages-to-cage-free-an-industry-perspective/ Plus adjusted average inflation

11 John Nix Pocketbook for Farm Management 2024 54th Edition

12 John Nix Pocketbook for Farm Management 2024 54th Edition