| Description | Tables showing the final results of the 2006 December Agricultural census |
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| ISBN | (Web Only) |
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| Official Print Publication Date | |
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| Website Publication Date | March 07, 2007 |
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Table 4 Estimated number of poultry, 1996 to 2006 (thousands)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Percentage |
| | | | | | | | | | | | change between |
| 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2005 & 2006 |
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| Fowls for producing eggs for eating | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Pullets & hens in the laying flock: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| - Hens in first laying season | 2,264 | 2,234 | 2,188 | 2,115 | 2,183 | 2,207 | 2,666 | 2,888 | 2,709 | 2,973 | 2,964 | -0.3% |
| - Moulted hens | 74 | 34 | 49 | 33 | 36 | 34 | 35 | 27 | 32 | 30 | 34 | 12.2% |
| Pullets being reared for laying | 780 | 788 | 642 | 868 | 917 | 812 | 801 | 948 | 1,090 | 944 | 905 | -4.1% |
| Total | 3,118 | 3,057 | 2,879 | 3,017 | 3,136 | 3,053 | 3,503 | 3,864 | 3,830 | 3,947 | 3,903 | -1.1% |
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| Fowls for breeding | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Breeding hens | 1,620 | 1,492 | 1,057 | 927 | 1,505 | 1,168 | 1,034 | 1,320 | 1,235 | 1,302 | 1,681 | 29.1% |
| Cocks | 147 | 145 | 104 | 92 | 114 | 114 | 107 | 108 | 46 | 118 | 112 | -4.3% |
| Total | 1,768 | 1,636 | 1,162 | 1,018 | 1,619 | 1,282 | 1,141 | 1,427 | 1,282 | 1,420 | 1,793 | 26.3% |
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| Other poultry (turkeys, broilers and other table birds, ducks, geese, guinea fowl) | 10,184 | 9,183 | 8,146 | 8,102 | 9,004 | 9,739 | 8,358 | 9,564 | 9,282 | 9,265 | 7,363 | -20.5% |
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| Total poultry | 15,070 | 13,876 | 12,187 | 12,138 | 13,758 | 14,075 | 13,002 | 14,855 | 14,394 | 14,631 | 13,059 | -10.7% |