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Scottish Agricultural Census Summary Sheets by Geographic Area: June 2007

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Poultry

June Census 2007
Summary for Local Authority sub-groups, Regions and Scotland

Fowls laying eggs for eating

Hens in first
laying season

Moulted hens

Total laying fowls

Pullets being reared
for laying

Holdings

Number

Holdings

Number

Holdings

Number

Holdings

Number

North West:

1,411

50,322

790

12,589

1,890

62,911

866

5,672

Shetland

145

1,305

118

1,092

215

2,397

72

258

Orkney

195

2,100

149

2,456

287

4,556

106

878

Eileanan an Iar

309

2,247

80

1,596

356

3,843

239

669

Highland

762

44,670

443

7,445

1,032

52,115

449

3,867

North East:

568

288,365

372

8,039

830

296,404

361

113,066

South East:

577

2,306,831

432

7,024

866

2,313,855

327

1,059,448

Tayside

206

70,182

147

2,277

303

72,459

*

*

Fife

103

848,395

66

938

153

849,333

63

426,692

Lothian

89

72,125

61

1,226

126

73,351

*

*

Scottish Borders

179

1,316,129

158

2,583

284

1,318,712

91

456,906

South West:

948

236,862

637

9,778

1,355

246,640

530

59,562

East Central

110

5,486

74

836

159

6,322

*

*

Argyll & Bute

144

4,979

129

2,160

226

7,139

78

1,780

Clyde Valley

180

18,330

97

1,096

246

19,426

97

1,218

Ayrshire

170

96,893

89

2,723

230

99,616

97

44,804

Dumfries & Galloway

344

111,174

248

2,963

494

114,137

*

*

Scotland

3,504

2,882,380

2,231

37,430

4,941

2,919,810

2,084

1,237,748

Poultry (continued)
June Census 2007
Summary for Local Authority sub-groups, Regions and Scotland

Fowls of all ages for breeding

Broilers and other
table birds

Other poultry (1)

Total poultry

Hens

Cocks

Holdings

Number

Holdings

Number

Holdings

Number

Holdings

Number

Holdings

Number

North West:

*

*

545

1,241

*

*

514

6,474

2,100

259,683

Shetland

65

250

82

164

40

188

94

1,243

256

4,500

Orkney

92

606

107

258

67

839

127

1,857

320

8,994

Eileanan an Iar

227

831

64

98

125

930

35

315

389

6,686

Highland

*

*

292

721

*

*

258

3,059

1,135

239,503

North East:

*

*

259

3,447

*

*

322

12,940

1,001

2,246,855

South East:

308

750,844

270

70,950

226

4,757,711

275

6,361

1,093

8,959,169

Tayside

108

217,983

86

17,756

82

1,911,783

*

*

391

2,369,724

Fife

62

210,463

42

21,118

*

*

*

*

192

2,001,824

Lothian

57

165,080

45

16,330

*

*

49

937

175

2,013,698

Scottish Borders

81

157,318

97

15,746

*

*

*

*

335

2,573,923

South West:

499

674,461

428

41,324

309

1,597,428

455

43,832

1,616

2,663,247

East Central

*

*

57

10,688

*

*

*

*

*

*

Argyll & Bute

70

576

*

*

41

386

86

2,498

*

*

Clyde Valley

96

121,767

62

9,551

63

551

81

1,936

302

154,449

Ayrshire

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

293

240,252

Dumfries & Galloway

175

414,161

177

16,179

111

721,973

*

*

567

1,281,441

Scotland

1,963

1,469,836

1,502

116,962

1,280

8,314,991

1,566

69,607

5,810

14,128,954

(1) Includes turkeys, ducks, geese and guinea fowl.

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