Number of poultry 2025 (provisional)

At the beginning of April, there were around 14.8 million poultry on farms. Of this number, 9.4 million were broilers and four million laying hens.

Number of poultry on 1.4.2025 (change from previous year in brackets)

• Laying hens 4 054 000 heads (+2%)
• Broilers 9 405 000 heads (- 4 %)
• Broilerhens 526 000 heads (-11%)
• Turkeys 271 000 heads (-10 %)

Number of poultry places 2025 (in brackets change compared to previous year)

• Laying hens 4 623 000 (0 %)
• Broilers 13 286 000 (+ 1 %)
• Broilerhens 743 000 (- 1 %)
• Turkeys 349 000 (- 9 %)