Optimising Management to Combat High Feed Costs
Managing broilers to increase the efficiency of converting feed to saleable meat is key to remaining profitable, writes Dr Chet Wiernusz, nutritionist with Cobb World Technical Support Team.

Heat Stress
In Tech Info 6 from the Canadian Poultry Industry Council, John Summers describes thermal balance and thermo-regulation in poultry. He then explains aspects of water and house climate management to alleviate the effects of heat stress.

Gut Health: Is Anything More Important in Turkey Production?
By Jim Plyler (Consultant, Turkey Health & Specialties LLC.) and Susan Watkins (Division of Agriculture, University of Arkansas) and published in Avian Advice Spring 2008 from the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service. A review...

JAPFA Means Business in Vietnam
Vietnam's livestock industry is growing rapidly and the feed industry, hardly surprisingly, is doing the same, writes Stuart Lumb.

Encouraging Hens to Lay in Nests
The occurrence of non-nest eggs (floor and slat eggs) will lead to increased labour requirements, reduced hatching egg quality and a potential reduction in hatch and chick quality. Understanding the reasons why eggs are laid outside the nests and what...

Organic Egg Production with Big Dutchman Poultry House
An organic egg farmer in northern England has achieved success in layer management with a combination of football, music and a Natura Compact poultry house.

How to Gauge Optimum Timing for Pulling Day-Old Chicks
Chicks should be pulled from the incubator when they are ready, not according to the clock, says hatchery technology company, Pas Reform.

CAFOs Uncovered - The Untold Costs of Confined Animal Feeding Operations
The Union of Concerned Scientists looks into the costs of confined animal feeding operations.

News Reports from the National Farmers Union Conference in London 18 - 19 February
This week the UK's National Farmers Union (NFU) celebrated its centenary by holding a two day conference in London. But rather than dwelling on the last one hundred years of farming practise the conference, 'Growing for Another Century', peered into the...

Keys to Successful Company-Grower Relations
By Jim Plyler, Turkey & Health Specialties, LLC., and Susan Watkins, Center of Excellence for Poultry Science, University of Arkansas and published in Avian Advice Winter 2007 Vol 9 No. 4.

Raising Emus and Ostriches
Published by USDA Alternative Farming Systems Information Center in August 1997.

Things To Remember To Preserve Egg Quality During Summer
Heat stress in laying hens reduces feed intake and reduces egg quality. During the hot summer months, it is important to attend to the ventilation system. Other options to minimise heat stress are to re-formulate the feed, adjust the timing of feeding...

Brooding Turkeys Successfully
By Dan Cunningham from the University of Georgia. Published in the September 2002 issue of Backyard Flock Tips.

Factors Affecting Water Intake of Poultry
In Canadian Poultry Industry Council's Tech Info 11, Dr John Summers gives some examples of factors affecting the intake of water by hens and chicks.

Litter Conditioning for a Healthy Flock
Susan E. Watkins, Extension Poultry Specialist at University of Arkansas offers advice on treatments when litter is reused for several consecutive flocks in the Summer 2001 issue of the University's Avian Advice.