By Charlie Reeve Total UK poultry meat production dropped by 4.5% in February on the same month last year to stand at 151,200 tonnes. Defra says these changes can differ from the changes to total slaughter numbers when there are changes to dressed carcase weights. Average weights of birds at point of slaughter plummeted from an all-time high of 2.5kg in January to 2.2 kg. Average slaughter weights were also 5% lower than the same month last year, which drove much of the decline in total meat production. Meanwhile, broiler slaughterings were actually marginally up on year earlier levels at…