meat chicken definition
meat chicken means an animal of the species Gallus gallus kept for meat production;
meat chicken means any chicken grown specifically for consumption as meat after processing. It includes broilers, free-range meat chickens and off-sex layers. Meat chickens to be kept for less than 24 weeks Vaccination of meat chickens that will be kept for less than 24 weeks is no longer required. Note: Meat chickens intended to be kept for longer than 24 weeks, however, must be vaccinated as for meat chicken breeders. If producers do choose to vaccinate meat chickens that are to be kept less than 24 weeks, live V4 vaccine maybe administered via the drinking water at 7-14 days or via a spray as day-olds and may need to be repeated so that titres stay at 23 for the duration of their lives. Meat chicken breeders and meat chickens to be kept longer than 24 weeks: Either: