Environmental Factors to Control When Brooding Chicks
By Brian D. Fairchild, Extension Poultry Scientist, The University of Georgia - The main objective in brooding chicks is to efficiently and economically provide a comfortable, healthy environment for growing birds. Temperature, air quality, humidity and...

Rearing Parent Stock
By Johnny Harrison, Technical Service Manager, Aviagen Limited - This article follows the life of a flock of Aviagen parent stock birds, focusing on the rearing period, 0 - 6 weeks, (0-42 days).

Brooding Temperatures for Small Poultry Flocks
By the Manitoba Agriculture Food and Rural Initiatives - This report looks at the ideal brooding temperatures for hatched chicks.

Guide for Prospective Contract Broiler Producers
By Dan L. Cunningham, Department of Poultry Science, The University of Georgia - Georgia ranks as one of the top poultry growing areas in the United States, producing more than 7 billion pounds of chicken meat annually.

Managing Ducks For Egg Production
By Dan L. Cunningham, Extension Coordinator, The University of Georgia - Many people enjoy keeping a small flock of ducks on their farm or around their homes when space is available. Ducks are beautiful animals and can be entertaining as well as having...

Small Flock Biosecurity
By Carlyle Bennett, Terry Whiting and Glen Duizer, Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives - With the current concerns about diseases such as avian influenza, owners of small flocks can take simple precautions to help prevent an outbreak of disease...

The Management of Male Breeders
By Lindsay Broadbent, UK Customer Account Co-ordinator, Aviagen - The objective in managing male breeders is to rear sufficient good quality males to mate with females at 19 weeks and thereafter maximise fertility through the lay period. Good quality...

Making Every Egg Count
By Dave Watts, UK Regional Accounts Manager, Aviagen - Genetic improvement over the last few decades has seen major improvements in breeder egg production and chick output, but are you getting as much of this from the bird as you could? Two areas where...

Golden Rules For the management of Hybro females
By Hybro B.V., Boxmeer, The Netherlands - This article by Hybro B.V. explains the golden rules for the management of Hybro females.

Defining Chick Quality
By Brian D. Fairchild, Extension Poultry Scientist, CES, University of Georgia - Chick quality is still a term than many breeder, hatchery and broiler people still have a hard time defining. Most everyone can identify poor quality chicks from good quality...

Breeder Nutrition and Chick Quality
By Marcus Kenny and Carolyne Kemp, Aviagen - This article by Aviagen discusses how the nutrition of the breeder hen affects the chicks physiology at hatching.

Bobwhite quail making big comeback on project farm
By Brad Haire, University of Georgia - The distinctive call of the bobwhite quail now resounds more widely at a project farm established to boost its habitat.

Brooding and Rearing Ducklings and Goslings
By Glenn Geiger and Harold Biellier, Department of Animal Sciences, Missouri State University - Today, hatcheries produce day-old ducklings and goslings in large numbers. Commercial growers brood and rear them in about the same way they would baby chicks. Ducks...

A Health Program for Small and Specialty Poultry Flocks
By The University of Maryland - This article looks at setting up and managing small flocks.

Further Evaluation of Nonfeed Removal Methods for Molting Programs
P. E. Biggs, M. E. Persia, K. W. Koelkebeck, and C. M. Parsons, Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois - Published by Poultry Science.