Council Directive 2007/43/EC of 28 June 2007 laying down minimum rules for the protection of chickens kept for meat production (Text with EEA relevance) (c. 43)

ANNEX I U.K. REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO HOLDINGS

Record keeping U.K.

11. The owner or keeper shall maintain a record for each house of a holding of: U.K.

(a)

the number of chickens introduced;

(b)

the useable area;

(c)

the hybrid or breed of the chickens, if known;

(d)

by each control, the number of birds found dead with an indication of the causes, if known as well as the number of birds culled with cause;

(e)

the number of chickens remaining in the flock following the removal of chickens for sale or for slaughter.

Those records shall be retained for a period of at least three years and shall be made available to the competent authority when carrying out an inspection or when otherwise requested.