Table of Contents
Handy Hints
Criteria
Norms During Growth
Norms After Maturity
Trouble Shooting Checklist
Temperature
(At birds height)
Under Brooders
Day Old - 1 week:
35°C
1-2: 32°C
2-3: 29°C
3-4: 27°C
4-5: 21-24°C
Room Temperature
21-22°C
(Bird's comfort)
Too High: pasty cloacas, spreading and flapping, crowding away from heat source
Too Low: feather ruffling, huddling...
Voluntary participation in HACCP-type programs reduces the risk of marketing eggs contaminated with Salmonella enteritidis and maintains consumer confidence in egg products.
Foreword
This manual provides educational support for the Pennsylvania Egg Quality Assurance Program certification training and enhancing food safety...
Broiler Breeder Management How-to’s provided by Aviagen
Tip #2
Routine measurement of the spacing between the pin (pelvic) bones allows correct determination of female sexual maturity and when lay is about to begin.
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The threat of a serious disease outbreak such as avian influenza (AI) or infectious laryngotracheitis (ILT) should raise every backyard poultry owner’s awareness of the importance of having and maintaining a strong biosecurity program. Biosecurity means...
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Biosecurity is key to preventing and reducing disease risk, including avian influenza.
Enforce biosecurity basics including isolation, flow control, sanitation and cleaning and disinfection.
Keep biosecurity practices strict, accessible and simple.
Know common biosecurity breaks.
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza...
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Micro-Aid® Liquid has been university researched and commercially proven as being effective in controlling noxious gasses (e.g. – ammonia, hydrogen sulfide ,etc.) and accelerating waste breakdown in storage systems, along with improving cleanup of building pens...
Table of Contents
Introduction
Diet Energy Level
Male vs. Female Birds
Bird Age
Environmental Temperature
Bird Health
Other Measures of Feed Accuracy
Summary
Introduction
Together with growth rate, days to market and mortality, feed efficiency has been considered as one of...
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Factors Causing Poor Pigmentation of Brown-Shelled Eggs 1
Gary D. Butcher and Richard D. Miles2
Introduction
The first documented report of shell pigment loss in brown-shelled eggs was in 1944 when Steggerda and...
Source: Jamaica Observer
Gentry's Poultry located in South Carolina now being operated by local company
The Jamaica Broilers Group Limited (JBG) as part of its expansion programme especially in the United States has finalised an asset purchase agreement with Gentry's...
Broiler Breeder Management How-to’s provided by Aviagen
Tip #1
Assessment of crop fill at key times after placement is a useful means of determining appetite development and checking that all chicks have found feed and water.