Coles RSPCA Approved chicken is certified by the RSPCA Approved Farming scheme and inspected by RSPCA employed assessors. Birds are grown indoors in barns according to the RSCPA Approved Farming standards.
Freedom Farms are certified by the RSPCA Approved Farming scheme and inspected by RSPCA employed assessors. Chickens move about in large, cage free barns with space to roam as set out by the RSPCA Standards.
• Farms are independently audited. • The use of antibiotics and growth hormones is not specified. • Stocking density indoors must not exceed 12 birds per square metre. • Beak trimming and wing clipping are permitted.
• Animals must have free access to pasture. • Antibiotics and growth promoting hormones are not permitted. • Certified to national and international organic standards. • Pastures which animals have access to must be free from the use of prohibited treatments. • Feedlots and farrowing crates are not permitted.
• Farms and abattoirs are audited by NASAA auditors. • Antibiotics and growth promoting hormones are not permitted. • Animals have daily access to pasture. • Animals are fed on certified organic feedstuffs. • Certified to national and international organic standards.
