Farm Visitor and Biosecurity Log
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Livestock and smallholding · LK-69
Poultry Biosecurity Weekly Check
A free printable poultry biosecurity checklist: feed, water, wild birds, foot dips, vermin, housing and visitors ticked weekly over eight weeks, with faults.
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What this sheet is for
Walk the same biosecurity round each week, so a habit that has slipped shows up in the grid. Eight weeks fit on one sheet, with a table for faults and the action taken.
Who it is for
Backyard and commercial poultry keepers, including keepers of ducks, geese and game birds.
How to use it
- Write the week's date at the top of each column.
- Walk the round and tick each check that is in place; put a cross where it is not.
- Write every cross on the faults table with the action taken and the date it was fixed.
- Initial the column, and keep the sheet with your visitor log.
What is on the sheet
One page, top to bottom:
Printed under the title: Feed, water, wild birds, foot dips, vermin, housing, visitors and new birds, ticked or crossed each week. Where a housing order or prevention zone applies, the official rules for your area come first.
Write-on lines: Holding · Flock or holding number · Houses and runs covered · Disinfectant and dilution
Table, 0 rows: Check · Week 1 · Week 2 · Week 3 · Week 4 · Week 5 · Week 6 · Week 7 · Week 8
Also printed: Week beginning (date) · Feed stored covered, away from wild birds · Drinkers clean; water covered or indoors · Spilled feed cleared from runs and range · Standing water drained or netted · Wild bird deterrents in place and working · Bedding stored under cover · Foot dips refreshed, product and dilution to label · Footwear and overalls kept for the bird areas · Vermin signs and bait points checked · Housing: holes, gaps and leaks found · Visitors kept to a minimum and signed in · Ducks and geese kept apart from other birds · New or returning birds kept in isolation · Crates and equipment cleaned before coming in · Birds eating, drinking and laying as usual · Checked by (initials)
Faults found and action taken — a cross in the grid needs a line here
Table, 3 rows: Week · Fault found · Action taken · Fixed on · By
Questions
Is this the official biosecurity self-assessment?
No. Where a housing order or prevention zone is in force, the rules for your area and any official checklist come first. This is a weekly routine for keeping the same measures in place the rest of the time.
Why is no disinfectant or dilution printed?
Because it must be one approved for the purpose where you are, made up as its label says. Write the product and dilution in the box at the top so whoever refreshes the foot dips uses the same.
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