# 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), Division 11: The owner or keeper shall maintain a record for each house of a holding of:

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2007/43/annex/I/division/9/division/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2007-43/annex-I/division-9/division-11
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