23.04.2016

Prohibited: de-beaking and desnooding, caponization, dubbing, toe trimming of chickens, toe trimming of turkeys unless with infra-red at hatchery, beak trimming after 10 days of age.
Administration of drugs other than vaccines: Current: not allowed in the absenceof illness; Proposed: Allowed in the presence of illness or to alleviate pain and suffering.
Ammonia levels in poultry houses: 
• 25 ppm is the upper limit
• 10 ppm triggers actions to reduce
Cages prohibited
Proposed Avian Living Conditions:
General Requirements:
-Year-round access to outdoors
-Direct sunlight
-Shade
-Materials for dust bathing
-Outdoor space to escape from predators and aggressive behaviors
Outdoor space for birds:
- Doors spaced to encourage access to outdoors
- Doors from indoor space must allow more than 1 bird to enter or egress at the same time and all birds must be able to enter or egress in 1 hour
- Outdoor enrichment to draw birds out
- Training birds to go outdoors
Outdoor space for birds:
- At least 50% of outdoor space must be soil cover
- Area under any structure attached to the building which provides indoor space may not be calculated aso utdoors.
Avian Housing– Lighting
Natural lighting sufficient to easily readon sunny days
Supplemental artificial light up to 16 hours per day
Flooring
Slatted floors permitted, but at least 30% must be solid floor area, with sufficient litter available for dust baths.
Avian Indoor Housing: Sufficiently spacious to allow all birds to move freely, stretch their wings, stand normally, and engage in natural behaviors.
Perch space required for perching species
Ammonia monitoring (10 ppm action level; 25 ppm limit)
Maximum indoor stocking density
Broilers, turkeys and other poultry type breeds: 5.0 lbs/ft2
Pullets – 3.0 lbs/ft2
Layers: -Pasture systems – 4.5 lbs/ft2 -Aviary systems – 4.5 lbs/ft2 -Slatted/mesh flooring – 3.7 lbs/ft2 -Floor litter systems – 3.0 lbs/ft2
Maximum outdoor stocking density
Broilers, turkeys and other poultrytype breeds: 5.0 lbs/ft2
Pullets – 3.0 lbs/ft2
Layers – 2.25 lbs/ft2
Temporary exceptions for outdoor access:
– Extreme temperatures
– First 4 weeks of life for broilers and 16 weeks of life for layers
–Documented disease outbreak
– Risk to soil or water quality
– Treatment of illness or injury
–Nest box training