In the Scandinavian and German-speaking countries, organic farming has moved from a marginal position of less than half of one percent of agricultural land use to become a significant part (2 to 12%) of the agricultural sector, bringing the overall EU average quiet close to one percent. Within this overall context, organic production has quiet traditionally focused on cereals, pulses and fresh produce for which ready markets exist. Ruminant livestock also play a key role because of their ability to utilize effectively the fertility-building clover/grass phase of organic rotations (Lewis et al., 1997).

1. POULTRY FARM
MANAGEMENT RULES
AND REGULATION
BY Dr. S.SREEREMYA
FACULTY OF BIOLOGY

2.  INTRODUCTION
 In the Scandinavian and German-speaking countries, organic farming has moved
from a marginal position of less than half of one percent of agricultural land use to
become a significant part (2 to 12%) of the agricultural sector, bringing the overall EU
average quiet close to one percent. Within this overall context, organic production has
quiet traditionally focused on cereals, pulses and fresh produce for which ready markets
exist. Ruminant livestock also play a key role because of their ability to utilize effectively
the fertility-building clover/grass phase of organic rotations (Lewis et al., 1997).

3.  In Germany, for example, nearly 9% of the total suckler cow herd is managed
organically, compared with only 3% of the agricultural land area, despite the
relatively low level of development of the market for organic meat. More recently,
the demand for organic milk has aggrandized substantially, leading to significant
price premiums in several European countries. By contrast, organic pig and poultry
production are quiet hardly developed at all. At the end of April, 1996, our
estimates suggest that there were 10-16 organic poultry meat producers and 25-45
egg producers in the UK, out of a total of 820 certified organic farms

4.  Larger scale commercial organic producers could be counted in single figures for both meat
and eggs, but even here the size of operations, with one or two significant exceptions, were
typically in the range of 200-2,000 table birds/week and 500-5,000 layers. Such operations are
much smaller than would be expected in conventional poultry production, including free-range
(Lewis et al.,1997). The size of the organic poultry sector in 1997 is unlikely to be greater than
20,000 layers producing 0.6 million dozen eggs with a retail sales value of £1.0 million, and
86,000 table birds with a retail sales value of £0.86 million annually. This situation is not unique
to the UK - similar circumstances are typically found in the Scandinavian and German-speaking
countries where otherwise organic farming is much further developed. The reasons why organic
poultry production remains such an undeveloped sector, and the steps which may be taken to
address this problem, are the focus of this study (Lewis et al., 1997).

5.  PROBLEM DESCRIPTION
 Published information on organic poultry production in the UK is much scarce.
Certain physicians delinates free-range and perchery approaches to organic egg
production, while a brief overview of the UK organic poultry industry and the
provisional costing for organic egg production have recently been investigated. Organic
production standards (SA, 1996; UKROFS, 1996) specify a broad range of conditions
with respect to poultry production. Some more detailed information is contained in
German language publications (. Key issues (and potential constraints) identified in these
publications with the regard to the design and management of organic poultry systems
includes:

6.  breed suitability, origin and rearing of the stock;
 housing, behaviour and welfare;
 ORGANIC POULTRY PRODUCTION
 types and sources of acceptable feedstuffs to garnere suitable rations at reasonable cost;
 animal health and treatment, in specific coccidiosis, salmonella and feather pecking;
 stocking densities, access to range and manure handling/utilisation

7.  ANIMAL WELFARE
 Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1969 provides the basis
for codes of recommendations for the welfare of livestock, including
poultry. These have from time to time been typically supplemented by
recommendations from the Farm Animal Welfare Council, including
the FAWC’s Charter which includes the ‘five freedoms’ on which the
RSPCA’s Freedom Food standards are based (Lewis et al., 1997)

8.  PRODUCTION STANDARDS
 In reviewing the requirements of synthesis standards currently in use, one have
identified the following organic and ‘intermediate’ approaches which are likely to be quiet
relevant either to producers or to consumers who might be interested in organic poultry.
The ‘intermediate’ approaches are considered to be quiet relevant because a) consumers
may prefer the combination of lower prices with less restrictive standards, or may not be
aware of the differences between the various standards and choose solely on price
grounds; and b) producers currently meeting ‘intermediate’ standards may be willing to
consider full conversion to organic standards(Leeson,1994).

9.  ORGANIC STANDARDS (UKROFS, SOIL ASSOCIATION
(SAOMCO), IFOAM, DRAFT EU REGULATION)
 Organic poultry production in the UK is at the moment guided/regulated by
various sets of standards. All UK producers who want to have their products
labelled as organic must in effect comply with the UKROFS standards and their
implications (UKROFS, 1996). Although they do not have legal status yet, the
UKROFS livestock standards represent a nationally agreed definition which Trading
Standards officers can use in cases of fraud, even though, as one producer pointed
out, this is difficult to enforce.

10. REFERNCE
 Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Science, Poultry Farm
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