Poultry

Thứ 6, 31/01/2025

What role does feed form, particle size play in broiler feed?

Providing poultry feed with a coarser grind may improve gizzard development, benefit growth performance and save energy.

Poultry

How to succeed with small-scale chicken farming

Glenneis Kriel spoke to poultry industry experts about the challenges facing small-scale producers and ways in which these can be overcome.

Grants to explore poultry yield, heat stress resistance

University of Maryland professor receives $1m in two grants to examine ways to increase poultry yield and advance animal well-being.

Feathers in feed? Not just an idea for the birds

Extrusion and microorganisms may offer a way to generate a low-cost, sustainable protein feed ingredient from waste feathers, say researchers.

Cytidine and uridine may boost chicken performance, gut health

Adding a combination of pyrimidine nucleosides to feed may improve weight gain, gut health and immune functioning in broilers, say researchers.

Nucleoside supplements may boost poultry weight gain, performance

Combining nucleosides in poultry feed may offer birds a boost in production, weight gain and intestinal development, say researchers.

Can yeast biotechnologies ensure a reduction in antibiotic use in birds?

Phileo Lesaffre says its yeast products can support layer and broiler farmers in their bid to reduce dependence on antibiotic use.

Farming chickens ethically and profitably

Red Barn free-range chicken and egg farm started from necessity but grew into a passion. In addition to eggs and whole chickens, it also produces speciality

How to stop your hens from eating their own eggs

Fairly common, especially among free-range layers, this can be a hard habit to break – so prevention is better than cure.

Black cumin and garlic powder in poultry diets

The use of black cumin and garlic powder in poultry feed has received considerable attention in recent years, mainly because of their high nutritional