Record keeping
- Keep records of chickens in each house and retain for 3 years
Northern Ireland Statutory Rule
2012
United Kingdom
Welfare of Farmed Animals Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012
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7 compliance obligations
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Schedules
Notification of stocking density
- Notify Department of intended chicken stocking density over 33 kg/m²
Requirements for higher stocking densities
- Keep detailed chicken house records and meet environmental standards
Food chain information and chickens dead on arrival and mortality
- Record mortality and breed data for high-density chicken flocks
Identification of poor welfare conditions and follow up
- Take all reasonable steps to ensure chicken welfare upon receiving a poor welfare report
Inspection
- Inspect chickens at least twice daily and treat injured birds immediately
(1) Where tethers are used in accordance with paragraph 3,...
- Use tethers safely on pigs — inspect and adjust regularly
Browse 123 other Schedules — structural / supplementary
Staffing
Where animals are continuously or regularly tethered or confined, they...
Buildings and accommodation
Accommodation and fittings for securing animals shall be constructed and...
Air circulation, dust levels, temperature, relative air humidity and gas...
Animals kept in buildings shall not be kept in permanent...
Where the natural light available in a building is insufficient...
Animals kept in buildings shall not be kept without an...
Animals not kept in buildings
Automatic or mechanical equipment
Where defects or worn parts in automated or mechanical equipment...
Inspection
Where the health and well-being of the animals is dependent...
The back-up system referred to in paragraph 20(a) shall be...
Feed, water and other substances
Animals shall not— (a) be provided with food or liquid...
All animals shall have access to feed at intervals appropriate...
All animals shall have access to a suitable water supply...
Feeding and watering equipment shall be designed, constructed, placed and...
(1) No other substance, with the exception of those given...
Breeding procedures
Animals shall not be kept for farming purposes unless it...
Where animals are kept in a building, adequate lighting (whether...
Electrical immobilisation
Where any animals (other than poultry) are kept in a...
Any animals which appear to be ill or injured shall...
Where necessary, sick or injured animals shall be isolated in...
Record keeping
The record referred to in paragraph 7 shall be retained...
Freedom of movement
All non-cage systems of production for keeping laying hens shall...
All systems shall be equipped in such a way that...
Where a system is equipped with nipple drinkers or cups,...
Where a system has drinking points plumbed in, at least...
The floors of installations shall be constructed so as to...
If systems are used where the laying hens can move...
If laying hens have access to open runs—
The stocking density shall not exceed nine laying hens per...
All cage systems shall be enriched to comply with the...
The design and dimensions of the cage door shall be...
Laying hens shall have— (a) at least 750 cm2 of...
A feed trough which can be used without restriction shall...
Each cage shall have a drinking system appropriate to the...
To facilitate inspection, installation and depopulation of hens there shall...
Cages shall be fitted with suitable claw-shortening devices.
While the cages are occupied the surfaces and all equipment...
Cages shall be suitably equipped to prevent hens escaping.
Accommodation comprising two or more tiers of cages shall have...
All hens shall be inspected by the owner or other...
In all systems in which laying hens are kept—
(1) All buildings shall have light levels sufficient to allow...
Those parts of buildings, equipment or utensils which are in...
Droppings shall be removed as often as necessary and dead...
Interpretation
Stocking density limits
Approval for stocking in excess of 39 kilograms
Training
Drinkers and feeding
Litter
Ventilation and heating
Noise
Light
Cleaning
Accommodation
Additional dietary requirements
Muzzling
Feeding
Drinking water
Inspection
Calves that are kept outside shall be inspected by the...
Tethering
Artificially lit buildings
Cleansing and disinfection
Floors
Bedding and lying area
Bovine colostrum
Where lactating dairy cows or calving cows are kept in...
Where any calving cows are kept in a building, they...
Interpretation
Bedding
Floors
Where concrete slatted floors are used for pigs kept in...
Feeding
Drinking water
Environmental enrichment
Prohibition on the use of the sweatbox system
Noise levels
Noise levels above 85dBA shall be avoided in that part...
Boar pens shall be sited and constructed so as to...
Inspection
The lying area for boars shall be dry and comfortable....
Subject to paragraph 22, the minimum unobstructed floor area for...
When boar pens are also used for natural service, the...
Pregnant gilts and sows shall, where necessary, be treated against...
Farrowing
In the week before the expected farrowing time sows and...
During farrowing, an unobstructed area behind the sow or gilt...
Farrowing pens where sows or gilts are kept loose shall...
Group housing
The pen where the group is kept shall have sides...
Tethering
The total unobstructed floor area available to each gilt after...
For gilts after service and pregnant sows a part of...
Sows and gilts kept on holdings of fewer than 10...
In addition to the requirements of paragraph 13, sows and...
All dry pregnant sows and gilts shall be given a...
Piglets shall, where necessary, be provided with a source of...
A part of the total floor where the piglets are...
Where a farrowing crate is used the piglets shall have...
Subject to paragraph 39 piglets shall not be weaned from...
Piglets may be weaned up to 7 days earlier than...
As soon as possible after weaning, weaners and rearing pigs...
If weaners and rearing pigs unfamiliar with one another have...
The use of tranquillising medication in order to facilitate mixing...
If signs of severe fighting appear, the causes shall be...
The unobstructed floor area available to each weaner or rearing...
Accommodation
(1) The dimensions of any stall or pen used for...
Artificially lit buildings
Prevention of fighting
Cleansing and disinfection
Hutches or cages in which any rabbits are kept shall...
Where rabbits are kept in accommodation that is exposed to...
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Citation and commencement
Interpretation
Duties on persons responsible for farmed animals
Additional duties on persons responsible for poultry, laying hens, conventionally reared meat chickens, calves, cattle, pigs or rabbits
Codes of Practice
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