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Results from the June 2012 Scottish Agricultural Census
Final results from the annual agricultural census. Land, livestock and labour items.
Table 6. Number of poultry, 2002 to 2012
2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | Percentage change between 2011 & 2012 |
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Fowls for producing eggs | ||||||||||||
Pullets and hens in the laying flock | 2,647,750 | 2,923,577 | 2,938,130 | 2,714,538 | 2,735,455 | 2,919,810 | 2,953,144 | 3,066,813 | 3,677,229 | 3,746,061 | 3,082,602 | -17.7% |
Pullets being reared for laying | 925,990 | 946,097 | 855,844 | 1,154,733 | 865,257 | 1,237,748 | 1,035,966 | 869,153 | 893,387 | 1,289,354 | 1,379,620 | 7.0% |
Total fowls for producing eggs | 3,573,740 | 3,869,674 | 3,793,974 | 3,869,271 | 3,600,712 | 4,157,558 | 3,989,110 | 3,935,966 | 4,570,616 | 5,035,415 | 4,462,222 | -11.4% |
Fowls for breeding | ||||||||||||
Breeding hens | 1,102,960 | 963,405 | 1,217,736 | 1,437,605 | 1,258,088 | 1,199,836 | 1,166,551 | 1,105,064 | 1,073,256 | 1,218,937 | 947,138 | -22.3% |
Cocks | 105,427 | 99,504 | 74,538 | 125,040 | 109,883 | 116,962 | 118,417 | 120,462 | 100,506 | 124,453 | 107,187 | -13.9% |
Total fowls for breeding | 1,208,387 | 1,062,909 | 1,292,274 | 1,562,645 | 1,367,971 | 1,316,798 | 1,284,968 | 1,225,526 | 1,173,762 | 1,343,390 | 1,054,325 | -21.5% |
Broilers and other table birds | 10,664,096 | 9,470,105 | 10,697,132 | 9,208,474 | 8,561,905 | 8,584,991 | 8,471,892 | 8,088,820 | 8,755,751 | 8,077,846 | 9,074,234 | 12.3% |
Other poultry | 97,912 | 68,235 | 80,435 | 63,677 | 69,204 | 69,607 | 69,988 | 69,193 | 67,124 | 69,743 | 103,211 | 48.0% |
Total poultry | 15,544,135 | 14,470,923 | 15,863,815 | 14,704,067 | 13,599,792 | 14,128,954 | 13,815,958 | 13,319,505 | 14,567,253 | 14,526,394 | 14,693,992 | 1.2% |
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