Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, March 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
KRS
257.196,
525.130
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
KRS
257.196 requires the Board of Agriculture to
promulgate administrative regulations establishing on-farm livestock and
poultry care standards recommended to it by the Kentucky Livestock Care
Standards Commission. This administrative regulation establishes additional
standards and specifically authorized practices for poultry.
Section 1. The provisions of
302 KAR
21:020 apply to on-farm livestock and poultry in
Kentucky, except as provided by this administrative regulation. This
administrative regulation adds additional standards and specifically authorized
practices to
302 KAR
21:020 for poultry.
Section 2.
(1) Additional Standards.
(a) Stocking densities shall allow all
poultry to rest or perch at the same time in a single layer.
(b) Ambulatory disabled and non-ambulatory
disabled poultry that cannot reach feed or water shall be euthanized.
(2) Authorized Practices. The
following shall be authorized practices:
(a)
Non-feed withdrawal molt methods for layers and breeders;
(b) Trimming of the beak;
(c) The partial or complete removal of the
comb, snood, toe nail;
(d)
Withholding of feed or water in circumstances such as:
1. Preparation for administration of vaccines
or medication in the water; or
2.
Preparation for transportation; and
(e) Housing methods:
1. A caged egg production system in an
enclosed or open-sided building having some openwork for confining poultry.
Types of caged housing systems include conventional, belt-battery, enriched,
and reverse;
2. A cage-free egg
production system in an enclosed or open-sided building in which the poultry
are free to move within the building. Types of cage-free housing systems
include slat floor, litter floor, partial slat or litter floor, stretched wire
floor, and aviary systems; and
3. A
free-roam or free-range egg production system where poultry have access to the
outside or range and are provided shelter.
(3) Euthanasia or Depopulation. Additional
authorized euthanasia or depopulation methods for poultry shall include
inhalants such as carbon dioxide, nitrogen or argon, manual cervical
dislocation, tool-assisted cervical dislocation, gunshot, blunt force trauma,
decapitation, non-penetrating captive bolt, electrocution, maceration, water
based foam, and barbiturates.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY:
KRS
257.196
