
Seasonal poultry such as Turkeys and Geese typically only require housing for periods of the year. Therefore, the cost of expensive fixed or mobile steel buildings can be rarely justified. However, the benefits to providing housing in terms of the welfare of the bird, improving bio-security, optimising the weight of the finished bird or selling into higher value markets are substantial.
In the UK standards are governed by the organisation Freedom Foods (see www.freedomfoods.org). Standards will vary depending on whether you wish to produce table birds to organic or conventional standards, the organic association with which you might be members, the supermarket supplied or any other criteria set down by the marketing company or end consumer that you sell your birds to.