SELEGGT stops day-old-chick culling Killing day-old male chicks will soon be history. German and French ministers of Agriculture have announced the...
Cobb chooses Petersime for GP hatchery project in China Cobb-Vantress, has signed a joint venture agreement with integrated Chinese chicken producer Hubei Tong Xing...
Incubation to hatch and the effects on chick quality ABSTRACT: Researchers from France, United Kingdom and Belgium looked at how the zootechnical performances of...
European patent for DSM’s breeder productivity booster DSM’s patent application for the use of canthaxanthin in MaxiChick has been granted in Europe.
Russian poultry producer to double capacity by 2016 Russian poultry producer OAO Ptitsefabrika Reftinskaya, located in the Sverdlovsk region, is expanding its...
NCC president responds to New York Times article “Chicken producers take very seriously any illness attributed to the consumption of a poultry product,” said...
PVG introduces probiotic for neonatal chicks The first probiotic product developed specifically for use in broiler hatchery operations is now commercially...
Urgent problem emerging in German layer sector What to do with 40 million male chicks per year from layer lines, in Germany alone? That was the question raised...
Aviagen EMEA School breeder module ' empowering' Students from 23 countries who attended the recent Aviagen Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) School Breeder...
Cargill inaugurates poultry operation in China Cargill has held the inauguration ceremony of its world-class integrated poultry operation in Lai’an Anhui, China.
University awarded US$3.5ml poultry research chair The University of Saskatchewan researcher Hank Classen will lead a five-year CAD$3.6-million (US$3.5mln)...
Hotraco adds new egg counter to its range Dutch poultry equipment manufacturer, Hotraco has added a new egg counter, the EMEC-12-30, to its existing...
Communication vital in farmer-processor relationship In Canada thousands of family run farms have supplier relationships with processors. A certain satisfactory...
Tegel Foods constructs new hatchery in Christchurch New Zealand’s number one poultry integrator, Tegel Foods, has recently constructed a brand new broiler hatchery...
Russia invests in poultry producers Rosselkhozbank, the Russian Agricultural Bank, has sanctioned over 7.4 billion rubles (US$244mln) to help in the...
Cobb invests in new product development facilities New and upgraded facilities for product development are being established by Cobb in the Netherlands, adding to...
In ovo feeding; a promising approach? It is known that the timing and form of nutrients supplied post-hatch is critical for development of...
Newly-hatched Chicks and Early Access to Feed Functional development of the intestinal tract is essential for a successful poultry production.
Novelties from EuroTier The largest animal husbandry exhibition in the world, EuroTier in Hannover, featured it’s World Poultry Show...
Precisely managing the broiler flock Poultry growers take great care and devote much attention when brooding young chicks. However the most...
Central America on the way to further progress El Salvador will be hosting the upcoming edition of the biennial ALA congress and show. This small country in...
Managing breeding stock for optimal performance Health, hygiene and good management of the farm as well as the breeding stock is essential the best performance...
A good start reduces the need for antibiotics Even the most modern broiler houses don't offer the best environmental conditions for day old chicks. That's...
Incubation affects chick quality In a hatchery there are many factors that need to be optimised to maximise chick quality. Besides the design of...
The importance of 7-day weight To get the full potential out of broiler chickens it is important that the target weight at 7 days of age should...
Improving breast meat yield starts in the hatchery The primary objective of a turkey hatchery is to achieve the highest possible number of poults from the eggs....
Rearing chickens at high altitudes Efficient poultry production around the world much depends on local circumstances. High altitude conditions for...
Chicks of young breeders demand precise temperature control Broiler birds only have a short life span. Growing conditions must therefore be optimal from the moment of...
Embryonic “temperature training” for robust chicks Broiler birds only have a short life span. As a result, good kickoff conditions are essential. Embryonic...
Prevent dehydration by body temperature control Day old chicks are very sensitive to external factors. These change a lot from the moment of hatch and during...
Essential fatty acids and early life programming in... Egg fat is of considerable importance in the nutrition of the developing chick as a source of energy and...
Good start from early post hatch feed Newly hatched chicks are very sensitive to environmental factors. Feed availability and ambient temperatures are...
Incubation distress easily leads to splayed legs On some occasions the incidence of splayed or twisted legs in chicken and turkey flocks increases. These issues...
Egyptians hatch eggs the traditional way Having a hatchability of more than eighty percent during the winter without using electricity and fancy tools is...