Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the number of (a) turkeys, (b) geese (c) chickens (d) other birds on the Animal and Plant Health agency’s Kept Bird Register and the number of each species with access to the open air.

Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) systems on 26 October 2026 show the following number of birds registered with APHA in Great Britain:

• 10,065,046 turkeys (approx. 2,000,000 have access to open air)
• 141,239 geese (approx. 73,000 have access to open air)
• 329,969,695 chickens (approx. 53,000,000) have access to open air)
• 51,365,608 other birds (approx. 35,000,000 have access to open air)

The data on access to open air is indicative and usually only recorded for larger flocks.

Detailed information on the poultry population in Great Britain is available on GOV.UK.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/poultry-population-in-great-britain-annual-reports.