Maintaining bird welfare during AI housing measures Keeping birds happy and healthy indoors during the UK’s current ban on outdoor roaming is paramount for...
Costco to ban the use of cages in its global supply chain Costco has become the first US retailer to issue a global policy on the confinement of animals in its supply chain.
UK Government issues housing orders from mid-December Chief Veterinary Officers (CVOs) across the UK have agreed to bring extra measures to protect poultry and...
Soos wins Grow-NY competition US$1 million grand prize Soos has won the US$1 million grand prize of the Grow-NY competition. The Israeli start-up developed a technique...
Expensive corn leads to losses in Ukrainian poultry industry As corn prices soar on the domestic market, Ukraine broiler meat and egg production are expected to become...
Czech Republic bans cages for hens Cages are to be outlawed for laying hens and broiler breeders in the Czech Republic from 2027.
Drive to be cage-free but 2025 commitment looms nearer Companies need to speed up their rate of transition to cage-free production to meet their 2025 commitment, says...
Crossbreed chicken increases production 100-fold A project in Burkina Faso has allowed approximately 1,000 small-scale chicken farmers to increase their...
Free-range egg expansion ‘unsustainable and unnecessary’ Concerns are growing that further expansion of the free-range egg sector in the UK will create a significant...
Swapping egg size and colour could reduce ammonia emissions Consumers that change their buying habits and purchase smaller white eggs rather than extra-large brown eggs can...
RSPCA Australia celebrates farm animals’ day Millions of egg-laying hens, broilers, turkeys, pigs and farmed Atlantic salmon are benefiting from higher...
Heat wave kills over 1 million layers in Brazil A historic heat wave with temperatures of above 41ºC has killed up to a million chickens in the city of Bastos,...
Chicken red mites go under the microscope Chicken red mites are being put under the microscope again thanks to a funding boost awarded to a Scottish...
Kenya: 1 million eggs project launched A project involving 32 community groups each rearing 1,250 layers has been launched in Kenya.
Perfect storm hits Kazakhstan egg industry The Kazakhstan egg industry is in troubled waters due to state aid ending, feed shortages, and the fall out of...
Egg sector and welfare groups join in opposing low standards Egg industry leaders and animal welfare groups have joined forces to criticise the UK Government for failing to...
Challenges of the poultry industry In spite of substantial qualitative and quantitative advancements in different sectors of the poultry industry,...
Controlling Egg Size Recently, I was commissioned to provide an extensive review on how to increase egg size (weight) in laying hens...
EFSA on the wrong track For the first time in history, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has surveyed the layer sector in...
AI prevention and innovative biosecurity measures Lasers are being trialled on a Dutch free-range poultry farm to see if they can remove the threat of avian...
Selling free-range eggs online When New-Zealand free-range layer farmer Bruce Greig was faced with a drop in demand duet o Covid-19, he started...
Designer vaccines for free range poultry Preventative veterinary care is gaining in importance, but vaccinations offer no panacea.
Opportunities for the egg industry remain untapped Emphasising on healthy living and nutrition among consumers brings a big opportunity for the egg sector,...
Sex reassignment in the egg Israeli start-up Soos has developed a technique to alter the sex of embryos from male to female in the hatchery...
Regenerative farming with innovative Eggmobile concept On Angus MacIntosh’s farm, chickens are housed in Eggmobiles and are moved daily to live off the land.
Mantiqueira committed to ‘free’ 2,5 million layers until... Currently, the company already has one farm with an aviary system in Rio de Janeiro.
Poultry farms are havens for wildlife Trees planted on poultry farms in the UK are providing considerable benefits for biodiversity.
Welfare label ensures a premium for meat and eggs A group of poultry farmers in the French department of Sarthe focuses on animal welfare. The word ‘Liberté’...
Novel techniques make culling male layers obsolete For years there has been heated debate surrounding the killing of male layer chicks immediately after hatching....
The greatest ally in egg production The egg industry is currently dealing with its fair share of challenges. With EU production outstripping...
3 carbon calculators for layers reviewed Cutting carbon across the poultry sector is becoming increasingly important and there are now estimated to be 64...
Swiss consumer preferences boost domestic poultry production According to a recent survey by the Federal Office of Agriculture, consumers in Switzerland have a clear...
Dark clouds hang over Ukrainian egg industry The Ukrainian egg industry has been on a dream run but there are major problems looming on the horizon. Since...
Brain cells indicate hen welfare Over the next few years 20 institutes throughout Europe will be studying laying hen welfare issues in enriched...
Finding a vaccine for red mite Red mite is a pervasive pest in both the laying hen and broiler breeder sectors. It can cause significant...
Video: WP joins the Dutch Excellence Field Trip On Monday May 19th, 2014, World Poultry joined poultry specialists from all-over the world for a tour...
Special layer aviary system Tonny Zents in Ruurlo, the Netherlands uses a special free range layer system: the aviary system. He has 80,000...
Rondeel casts a new light on layer housing Rondeel is a completely new concept in layer housing. It is based on the idea of finding the balance between...