Preventing severe feather pecking What can laying hen farmers do to prevent severe feather pecking (SFP)? In all segments of the egg production...
Seminar sheds light on broiler breeder management More than 130 specialists recently attended a broiler breeder seminar organised by Zinpro Corporation in Madrid,...
Green eggs to tackle poultry welfare issue The introduction of ‘Green eggs’ may improve animal welfare in layer hen operations, at least that is the hope...
Research: The human-chicken relationship A project is being set up in the hopes of unearthing the history behind our 8,000 year relationship with our...
Netherlands bans beak trimming in layer hens from 2018 The Netherlands aims to forbid the practice of beak trimming in layer hens as from September 2018. This was...
Australian poultry giant sold for $880mln Global private equity firm TPG has won the bid for Australia's largest poultry producer, Inghams Enterprises in...
Old roosters still dominate sexual pecking order Old roosters can still dominate, even when their ability to fertilise eggs drastically declines, new research...
Roosters go solo at Roxell Boozzter Roxell introduces a brand new feeder pan exclusively for feeding roosters. Boozzter is an oval shaped pan with...
Los Angeles allows 1 rooster per household The Los Angeles City Council has unanimously voted to limit the number of roosters that can be owned by a single...
SA Poultry Association suspends Boskop Layer farm The farmer who allegedly let thousands of day-old rooster chicks die in a cement dam is now alleging that he...
SA poultry breeder accused of large-scale cruelty Police in South Africa are investigating a case of animal cruelty against Boskop Layer Chicks, one of the larger...
The roosters' "Cock-a-Doodle-doo" According to popular belief, cocks crow only at daybreak to wake farmers and other people who need to be up...
New Mexico joins 48 US states in outlawing cockfighting US Gov Bill Richardson signed, on Monday, a bill that outlaws cockfighting in New Mexico, leaving Louisiana as...
Super Chicken to the rescue The fight against avian influenza is spreading through Southeast Asia through a new invincible...
Breeder management: Do not forget the males Trace minerals play an important role in broiler breeder nutrition. These essential nutrients improve breeder...
Spiking reduces fertility drop in older poultry flocks Aging hens physiologically need to be mated more often to sustain the same level of fertility as a flock of 35...