A Guide to Managing Breeder Hens: From brood to lay

Rearing pullets means growers must be aware of all the management practices that make a healthy, reproductive bird. A productive breeder hen must hit a target weight by a particular age and have proper body conformation in order to be stimulated into egg laying. Flock uniformity is crucial to a productive hen house. A flock […]

An Introduction to Feeding Broiler Breeder Hens

Today’s broilers grow so rapidly because of a genetic predisposition to accelerated growth rates which are supported by a nearly insatiable appetite. Plain English? They were bred to eat a lot. It’s a great characteristic for meat stock – we can produce a large amount of lean meat in a small amount of time, usually […]

Flock Uniformity in 3 Simple Steps

  Flock uniformity is crucial to good performance in a breeder flock. It starts with what and how much a bird eats each day – assuming the feed contains all the proper nutrients, we should focus on delivering the nutrients to each bird equally. A flock uniform in size comes into production better, peaks higher, […]