Winter should be just as good a time to raise chickens as any other time of year. With more latitude on temperature and air ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

Today, I want to focus on critical factors of brooding, cost implications, production efficiencies and the health of the chicks in contractual brooding. During a regular chitchat with my farmer ...

Chick start has been proven time and again to be the most important element of broiler production. Birds reaching at least target weight by seven days are more likely to end up healthy and productive ...

Egg incubators, such as this Brinsea countertop model, offer another way to hatch chicken eggs if you don't have a broody hen. Now, on to working with broody hens. What follows is an adaptation from ...