The Poultry Code

Last updated 23 August 2025

If it Walks Like a Duck, Quacks Like a Duck, Looks Like a Duck, it Must be a Chicken

Sounds ridiculous, but ducks are only mentioned in an appendix of a larger poultry code which refers primarily to chickens throughout the document. 

Despite their many distinguishing features, including but not limited to their biological dependence on surface water, the welfare of ducks is not individually considered by Australian animal welfare codes.