Scottish Government

POULTRY

The poultry flock in Scotland was 14.53 million birds in 2011 down (0.3 per cent) on 2010. The number of table fowls fell by 698,000 (7.7 per cent) to 8.08 million. The number of fowls for producing eggs increased by 465,000 (10.2 per cent) to 5.03 million and the breeding fowl flock increased by 170,000 (14.5 per cent) to 1.34 million birds.

The value of poultrymeat output in 2010 was £91.8 million with an additional output of £43 million from the production of eggs for food.

CHART : Poultry population in Scotland over the last 30 years

Population, Price and Output Statistics

• Poultry population statistics 1982 to 2011 (Table 22)
• Commentary and chart on the regional distribution and size of poultry flocks , 2010
• Table : Number of holdings with poultry by agricultural region, 2010
• Table : Number of poultry and other livestock by agricultural region, 2010
• Table : Fowls laying eggs for eating by region and flock size, 2010
• Table : Breeding fowls by region and flock size, 2010
• Commentary on the output value , production and prices of poultry and other livestock 2001 to 2010
• Table : Total output value , input costs and income of Scottish agriculture , 2006 to 2010

FURTHER INFORMATION

• Economic Report on Scottish Agriculture (including geographic and time series summaries)
• Agricultural census results
• Farm incomes, subsidies and borrowing statistics

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