Chicken Snippets

Feed conversion is undoubtedly key to optimising poultry farming ROI. Whilst genetic potential often takes center stage when considering the primary levers for increasing feed conversion, genetics (within the rearing process) will always be secondary to uptake and utilisation. [Read more…] about Feed uptake and utilisation: your 1st step to FCR domincance

As already established, broilers consume feed for growth at an astonishing rate. For every day of rearing that elapses, feed cost is incurred (feed contributing to some 70% of the total cost of rearing). [Read more…] about The unrecoverable costs of late-stage broiler mortality

Brooder barn dynamics is an art. A mystery to the inexperienced. But a well-defined formula of success to the masters of the stockman craft. [Read more…] about Mystery of brooder barn dynamics

Commercially bred flocks – either broilers or layers are highly specified products. Creatures (and therefore, by nature) expressing variation, but selectively bred (by design) for predictable results. [Read more…] about Flocks don’t tell tales

Stockmanship bails poultry farmers out of the most desperate disasters. Stockmanship is the art of feeling there’s something wrong with your flock, before you really know it. [Read more…] about Stockmanship: a poultry farmer’s best friend

How well are your chicks adapting to life in your brooder? What’s your measure? The trusted yardstick is crop fill. [Read more…] about Crop fill: a trusted measure of brooder hospitality