Poultry

 Resources

• Animal Welfare Manual for Meat Chicken Farming (For Growers) - This manual provides the key practical animal welfare guidelines required to be followed for meat chicken farming in Australia.
• Animal Welfare Manual for Pick-Up Operation - This manual provides the key animal welfare guidelines to be followed during meat chicken harvesting.
• Animal Welfare Manual for Breeder Production - This manual provides the key practical animal welfare guidelines required to be followed for meat breeder farming in Australia.
• National Farm Biosecurity Manual poultry production - National Farm Biosecurity Manual for the Poultry Industry, which is applicable, not only meat chicken farmers, but also to egg, duck, turkey, game bird, emu and ostrich producers.
• National Water Biosecurity Manual poultry production - Department of Agriculture and Water Resources report that reviewed water biosecurity and provides clear guidelines for implementing good water biosecurity systems for poultry production.
• National Farm Biosecurity Manual for Chicken Growers - This is the manual that all chicken growers should have on hand and adopt, as it is specifically targeted at the meat chicken sector of the poultry industry.
• Animal Welfare Manual for the Hatchery and Chick Transport - This manual provides the key practical animal welfare guidelines required to be followed in hatcheries and during chick transport in Australia
• Early Action in a Potential Emergency Disease - Resource to assist chicken growers to understand what they need to do, immediately, in the event or suspicion of an emergency poultry disease on their own farm, or if there is an emergency disease on another farm in their region.
• Starting a meat chicken farm in Queensland - There are many factors you will need to consider before starting a meat chicken farm in Queensland.
• QFF Poultry - Representative Group for Queensland Chicken Growers
• Australian Chicken Meat Federation - The Australian Chicken Meat Federation Inc. (ACMF) is the peak coordinating body for participants in the chicken meat industry in Australia.