RSPCA welfare standards for turkeys

RSPCA welfare standards for turkeys cover © RSPCA Farm Animals Department

Our detailed RSPCA welfare standards have been developed to represent good practice in the care and welfare of commercially-farmed turkeys at all stages of their lives. 

RSPCA welfare standards for turkeys

RSPCA turkey standards technical advisory group

Members of the advisory group are selected on the basis of the specific expertise they bring to the group in different areas of turkey care. Members include:

  • Kate Norman (RSPCA poultry specialist) 
  • Moira Harris (Chair)
  • Linda Kirby (2 sisters food group)
  • Martin Newman (Gressingham) 
  • Richard Jennison (Poultry Health Services)
  • Stuart Beaumont (Kelly's Turkeys)
  • Jon Walton (Food Animal Initiative)
  • A technical/field operations representative of RSPCA Assured

Find out more about the consultation process for the development of the RSPCA welfare standards for farm animals.

For information on the group's discussions download: