The U.S. meat industry is striving to crack a conundrum: Why fewer eggs are hatching chicks. Over the first five months of the year, the percentage of eggs hatching broiler chickens, raised for their ...

Knowledge of housing, brooding, and handling chicks safety makes raising poultry a rewarding experience. Before deciding to raise poultry, or any livestock, it is important to investigate local codes ...

The FAPP ventilating system used to maintain "disease-free" poultry flocks was adapted to brooding of broiler chicks. Day-old commercial broiler chicks have been brooded under FAPP conditions for 8 to ...

The livestock subsector contributes over 10% GDP to the Kenyan economy. Poultry are the most abundant livestock species, and domestic chicken (98%) are the most important, with other poultry species ...

The ultimate source of energy for crucial activities such as cooking and heating, which involves heating process for poultry farmers brooding chicks in rural areas is burning wood and other ...

Picking from last year's performance, I see an ever-evolving landscape in poultry meat production. Demand for chicken meat products is set to increase albeit at low levels. With our national economy ...

A focus on hen welfare and technological innovation helped a 200-hen diversification grow into a business producing and packing eggs from 2 million chickens via a network of suppliers. David and Helen ...