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Livestock and smallholding · LK-17

Poultry Flock Register

A free printable chicken flock inventory — ring number, breed, hatch date, where each bird came from and where it went.

First page of the Poultry Flock Register — Keep a register of birds on the holding, with the movements that anyone asking about disease or provenance will want to see.
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What this sheet is for

Keep a register of birds on the holding, with the movements that anyone asking about disease or provenance will want to see.

Who it is for

Backyard keepers, breeders, smallholders and anyone approaching a registration threshold.

How to use it

  1. Ring or otherwise identify birds you want to track individually.
  2. Record where each bird came from, with the seller's details.
  3. Record birds out as carefully as birds in.
  4. Count the flock against the register a few times a year.

What is on the sheet

One page, top to bottom:

Printed under the title: Which birds are on the holding, where they came from and what became of them.

Not a statutory register. Some countries require poultry keepers above a certain number to register the flock and to keep records of movements, and the threshold and the form differ. This is a working register, not any country's statutory one — check what applies to you.

Write-on lines: Holding · Holding number · Keeper · Year

Table, 13 rows: Ring or ID · Breed · Sex · Hatched · In from · Date in · Out to · Date out · Reason

Write-on lines: Birds on holding at year end · Checked on

Questions

Do I have to register my flock?

In many countries, yes, above a certain number of birds — and the threshold, the form and the deadlines all differ, with some requiring registration from the first bird. Check with your own authority. This is a working register, not a statutory one.

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