At around 18 days of incubation, eggs have to be taken out of the setters, moved from setter trays to hatcher baskets and transferred into hatchers for the last 3 days of incubation. Transfer must be carefully organized and managed to avoid eggs becoming chilled or over-heat… Leia mais
Biosecurity creates hygienic conditions within the poultry house to minimize the adverse effects of disease, optimize bird performance and welfare, and provide assurance on food safety issues. Poor bird health has a negative impact on all aspects of flock management and prod… Leia mais
Biosecurity creates hygienic conditions within the poultry house to minimize the adverse effects of disease, optimize bird performance and welfare, and provide assurance on food safety issues. Poor bird health has a negative impact on all aspects of flock management and prod… Leia mais
Achieving the optimal uniformity of parent stock using a well-managed floor feeding system can be accomplished by following management techniques such as maintaining correct litter depth and quality, ensuring proper feed pellet size and texture, managing lights and drinkers,… Leia mais
The eggs in incubators contain living, developing embryos. For them to achieve optimal development, chick quality, and hatchability, they need the correct temperature, humidity, and Carbon Dioxide (CO2) to Oxygen balance. This will only happen if they are in rooms that are c… Leia mais
This article provides management advice, includes descriptions of common leg health issues and offers strategies to improve the leg health of broiler breeders, with a particular emphasis on the production period. Leia mais
Eggs laid on the floor (floor eggs) have a significantly higher risk of contamination and will reduce hatch and chick quality. The key to preventing floor eggs is early training of birds to use the nests. This Best Practice document details the key best management practices … Leia mais
One of the most difficult tasks of hatching egg producers is to produce optimum egg weights in early production while controlling late egg size in older flocks. As birds age, a gradual increase in egg size is inevitable; however, with proper flock management it is possible t… Leia mais
One of the most challenging aspects of managing any generation of birds is that of environmental control in open-sided houses. In regions where the hot weather season can see temperatures reaching 40C (104F), it is essential to pay extra attention to bird management. Leia mais
Energy is often considered the “Fuel of Life”. Primarily it is needed for maintaining basic metabolism (maintenance energy). This article is an attempt to provide a flock manager with some tools to use when making decisions on feeding energy to a breeder flock. Leia mais