Animal welfare assessment
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022* | 2023* | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Farmhouse |
||||||||||
Share of slow-growing chicken (%) |
0 |
0 |
10 |
63 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
Slaughter age (days) |
32 |
33,5 |
34,7 |
46 |
46,5 |
46,5 |
46,6 |
46,5 |
47,3 |
46,7 |
Density (kg/m²) vs. legal requirement 36/kg/m² |
36 |
34 |
34 |
34 |
34 |
33,4 |
34,1 |
30,2 |
30,2 |
30,7*** |
Share of flocks planned with 30 kg/m² (%) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
79 |
100 |
100 |
Share of ECC-certified chicken (%) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
79 |
100 |
100 |
Cage free (%) |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
Foot pad score A (%) |
97 |
92 |
92 |
97 |
98 |
99 |
97 |
98 |
99 |
98 |
Gait score (average) (%) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1,43 |
1,44 |
1,44 |
1,5* |
1,65* |
- |
Gait score – share of 4 and 5 (%) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0,86 |
1,14 |
1,08 |
1,3* |
1,9* |
- |
Farmhouse mortality (%) |
3,71 |
4,15 |
4,10 |
2,10 |
2,49 |
1,99 |
2,14 |
2,85* |
2,91* |
2,01 |
Disease-related condemnation (%) |
2,86 |
2,22 |
2,80 |
0,73 |
0,71 |
0,60 |
0,68 |
0,71* |
0,66* |
0,43 |
Share of animals with access to environmental enrichments (%) |
30 |
75 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
|
Transport |
||||||||||
Mortality during transport (%) |
0,07 |
0,08 |
0,02 |
0,02 |
0,02 |
0,01 |
0,02 |
0,01 |
0,01 |
0,02 |
Proportion with transport time under 4 hours (%) |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
Processing plant |
||||||||||
Ethical report (%) |
- |
- |
D |
A |
A |
A |
** |
A |
A |
A |
Stunning before slaughter (%) |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
Share of animals with backup stunning (%) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
0,01 |
0,004 |
0,004 |
0,0001 |
Hatchery |
||||||||||
Ethical report parent stock (%) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
B |
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
Ethical report broilers (%) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
B |
B |
B |
B |
A |
A |
Share free from routine procedures (%) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
99,24 |
99,92 |
99,93 |
99,98 |
*Elevated disease and mortality rates in 2022 were caused by an outbreak in the Trøndelag region. Elevated disease and mortality rates in 2023 are due to the aftereffects of the 2022 outbreak, in addition to feed deviations uncovered in the summer of 2023. **Not conducted in 2021 due to extraordinary infection control measures related to avian influensa in Rogaland. Postponed to the first quarter of 2022. ***The start-up of a new hatchery with immediate access to feed and water after hatching has resulted in increased weights, and thus slightly higher density in 2023 and 2024. |
||||||||||