Chicken Snippets

With so much said about feed conversion and poultry farming profits, it could almost be forgiven that we downplay the crucial role of water intake.

Yes, whilst feed conversion is the bedrock of poultry meat or egg production – it must be remembered that there are contributors.

And [Read more…] about Water: the key poultry feed intake regulator

Broiler thinning involves performing a partial depopulation of the flock approximately one week prior (@ ~35 days) to the end-stage processing date ( @~42 days). There are 2 economic benefits experienced: (1) Optimisation of kg of meat per sq.ft of floor space, (2) Reaching a wider [Read more…] about Broiler thinning: the principle for winning

Poultry farming KPIs give you constant visibility of performance.  And poultry keywords provide leverage for results. Without KPIs our efforts become aimless and we’re prone to going off track and falling into the trap of “…doing it, just for doing it sake.” And without keywords, [Read more…] about Know your poultry keywords and KPIs

Just-in-time is arguably one of the most transformational, yet mysterious and (consequently) misquoted business management philosophies in today’s industrial economy.

Rooted in the arrival of the Japanese car industry, JIT (as it is known for short) quickly became infamous as a method [Read more…] about ‘Just in time’ to optimise your poultry business

Poultry farming has principles, fundamentals and strategy. All these ingredients are necessary for the success of a poultry entrepreneur. [Read more…] about Principles, fundamentals & strategy of poultry farming

Industry can be a very wasteful process. And such is our current day consciousness (born of the hangover of decades or waste and misuse) that we have concerns over the future sustainability of life because of how much we’ve destroyed through such processes. So any chance to reuse or recycle is embraced as wise. [Read more…] about Industrial by-products as poultry feed: pros and cons