The number of broiler chickens per square metre, called “stocking density”, is determined by the birds’ target weight (and therefore size).
The Australian Animal Welfare Standards and Guidelines for Poultry specifies the maximum number of chickens per square metre of shed floor space permitted relative to the weight of the bird and type of shed.
In conformance with the RSPCA Standard for Meat Chickens, all our farms have a lower stocking density than the Welfare Standards and Guidelines maximum allowance which means our birds have more space to move around.