Animals and animal production Establishments with laying hens, egg production

Holdings¹ keeping laying hens and egg production, 2023, by farming method
Farming methods	Holdings²	Average stock		Egg production⁵
	Holdings²	places for hens³	laying hens⁴	Egg production⁵
	number			1,000
1: In holdings of enterprises with at least 3,000 places for laying hens. 2: A local, commercial and disease-control related unit, consisting of one or several stables,for the production of eggs as defined by the laying hen holdings register act. 3: Applicable if the places for hens are fully utilised. 4: Including ready-to-lay pullets and moulting laying hens. 5: Eggs produced for human consumption (table eggs) including broken, cracked and pullet eggs. 6: Holdings using more than one farming method are counted more than once.
Total	2,258	52,334,067	44,160,942	13,133,033
Viz.⁶:
Barn	1,090	31,263,890	25,859,549	7,719,838
Free-range	856	11,690,914	10,176,378	3,014,096
Small group housing and enriched cage	64	2,330,280	2,029,232	640,174
Organic	651	7,048,983	6,095,783	1,758,926

As at 15 March 2024

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