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Historical statistics notices on poultry and poultry meat production, 2023

Previously published copies of the monthly National Statistics publications on the activity of UK hatcheries and UK poultry slaughterhouses.

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This publication gives previously published copies of the National Statistics publications on poultry and poultry meat production for 2023. Each publication gives the figures available at that time. The figures are subject to revision each month as new information becomes available

Included are the number of chicks placed and eggs set by United Kingdom hatcheries. The number of birds placed each month shown give an indication of future poultry meat and egg production. The number of eggs set each month indicates how many birds will be available for placing in future months.

It also includes statistics on the number of poultry slaughtered, average live weights of poultry and poultry meat production in the United Kingdom.

The latest publication and accompanying data sets can be found here.

For further information please contact: julie.rumsey@defra.gov.uk

Twitter: @DefraStats

Updates to this page

Published 23 March 2023
Last updated 22 February 2024 + show all updates
  1. Updated to include data for December 2023.

  2. Edited to include data for October 2023.

  3. Edited to include data for September 2023.

  4. Moved the content from the current publication onto the historical version.

  5. Edited to include data for July 2023.

  6. Update with June HTML and charts.

  7. Moved the May content over to the historical page.

  8. Moving latest monthly publication over to the historical page.

  9. Edited to include data for March 2023.

  10. Edited to include data for February 2023.

  11. First published.

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