Broiler/meat-bird gait score (Bristol 0-5 scale) — Gainesville, GA.

Gainesville, GA earned the title 'Poultry Capital of the World' after Jesse Jewell pioneered vertical integration of the broiler industry there starting in the 1940s -- combining breeding, hatching, feeding, processing, and marketing in a single company for the first time, building the model the modern broiler industry still runs on. Georgia now processes roughly 1.4 billion broiler chickens a year. Published surveys using the Bristol gait-scoring scale found 14-50% of conventional broiler flocks scoring 3-5 (impaired-to-unable-to-walk) at market age (Kestin et al. 1992), and lame birds self-select an analgesic over plain feed -- gait score is a pain signal, not a cosmetic one (Danbury et al. 2000). A five-minute walk-and-score, done in the town where this industry's modern shape was invented, turns 'the birds look fine' into a number a keeper can act on.

Where

On-site with the flock / Gainesville, GA (broiler and backyard meat-bird flocks) · Open the map

Pay

$140 proposed

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Proof

A dated flock gait-score round: sample size/method, per-bird Bristol 0-5 score, contact-dermatitis welfare signs noted, flock distribution and share scoring ≥3 recorded and compared to the prior round, with every ≥4 or pain-signal bird routed

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Level

entry

Open until

2026-11-30

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How this work is done

A documented method, so this packet comes out the same whoever does it.

Bring

• A flat, unobstructed walking area (about 2 m) inside or beside the coop/run
• The published Bristol 0-5 gait-score descriptions/photos
• A sampling plan and tally sheet
• Prior audit scores for trend

Steps

1. 1. State the sample: whole flock for small backyard keeps, or a representative sample for larger meat-bird flocks; record the number scored.
2. 2. Encourage each sampled bird to walk about 2 m across a flat, unobstructed area without chasing or startling it; observe from the side.
3. 3. Assign the Bristol 0-5 gait score per bird from the published descriptions: 0 (normal, agile) through 5 (unable to walk/stand); do not average — record each bird's own score.
4. 4. Note visible contributors while scoring: hock burn, breast blisters, or footpad dermatitis (contact-dermatitis welfare signs that often travel with poor gait).
5. 5. Record the flock distribution (count per score 0-5) and the share scoring 3 or above.
6. 6. Compare to the prior audit; a rising share of 3+ scores is a management/genetics flag, not something to wait out.
7. 7. Route findings: any individual bird scoring 4-5, or showing pain signs (reluctance to move to feed/water, isolating), separated and routed per the decision rules; flock-level rising lameness routes to a management/genetics review.

What counts as done

• Sample size and sampling method stated; every sampled bird scored individually 0-5 on the Bristol scale
• Contact-dermatitis welfare signs (hock burn, breast blister, footpad dermatitis) recorded alongside gait score
• Flock-level score distribution and the share scoring 3 or above recorded, compared against the prior round when one exists
• Any bird scoring 4-5, or showing pain/isolation behavior, routed to a veterinarian or humane on-farm euthanasia per the decision rules

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