Reprinted from:PoultryHealthToday.com
Chick quality is crucial in the laying-hen business, and for Ian Rubinoff, DVM, director of global technical services for Hy-Line International, the first 7 days “have an outsized importance.”
“If you’re able to make it through that first week,...
Healthy chicken treats can be fed in moderation along with a complete chicken feed. Be sure to follow the 90/10 rule – offer 90% complete feed to a maximum of 10% treats each day.
Rhubarbs or roses? Which is a...
The egg industry is currently going through its fair share of challenges. With production outstripping consumption and prices being squeezed, producers are looking for more ways to improve the efficiency of their businesses.
To try to achieve this, many are...
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INTRODUCTION
Feed particle size is an often-overlooked aspect of poultry production. Producers should not assume that feed is of a uniform size and homogeneously mixed, or that the feed mill is providing the ideal mix of particles...
Pullets: Alternative Methods to Delay Onset of Lay - The commercial table egg industry has access to genetic strains of laying hens that mature early and will produce eggs efficiently with a long persistence of lay. The table egg industry...
Elanco Animal Health is launching a three-part webinar series called “Let’s Talk Layers” aimed at helping producers take on important industry challenges for 2022 and beyond.
The series, presented by experts from across the global layer industry, invites producers and...
lltech has released data from a new meta-analysis, published in Poultry Science, that demonstrates that dietary supplementation with Bio-Mos® at 1.0 kilogram per ton improved the production performance of laying hens and reduced their carbon footprint, therefore enhancing the...
By Cade Cameron, cade.cameron@iowastatedaily.com
Every year the Egg Industry holds an Issues Forum in April, however, the dates have changed.
The Egg Industry Issues Forum decided to move its dates to Nov. 8-9, 2022. This forum is an annual event...
November 1, 2023 | by Sam Shafer
In a growing number of countries, policies have been enacted that regulate housing systems for laying hens, moving away from traditional battery cages to furnished cages or cage-free aviary systems. These newer systems...
Ensuring best practices when it comes to hen health and welfare is at the heart of what Canadian egg farmers do. To inform continuous improvements in animal welfare practices, Egg Farmers of Canada calls on Dr. Tina Widowski, Research...