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Vol 5. No. 1 January 2022 National Poultry Newspaper PO Box 162 Wynnum 4178 Phone (07) 3286 1833 Email ben@collins.media
A special breakfast and morning tea sponsored by Sunny Queen Australia took place at Millmerran State School and Pittsworth State School recently.
Foodbank and Sunny Queen reduce hunger
MORE than 20 percent of Queenslanders expe- riencing hunger are chil- dren and, in an effort to reduce this alarming statistic, Sunny Queen Australia – the nation’s favourite smiley-faced eggs – joined with Food- bank Queensland to help make a difference to those experiencing food insecurity in regional ar- eas in the state.
Sunny Queen Australia Queensland to help make a
A special breakfast and morning tea sponsored
Foodbank Queensland is focussed on support- ing the thousands of chil- dren returning to school from low-income vulner- able families.
by Sunny Queen took place at Millmerran State School and Pittsworth State School recently to share the goodness of eggs and serve kids a delicious and nutritious meal.
hand at this time of year at these two schools.
In addition to this, through the charita- ble partnership, Sunny Queen and Foodbank Queensland have provid- ed 120 food hampers and dozens of eggs for fami- lies who need a helping
When a child goes to school hungry and without proper nutrition, there’s much more at stake than empty tummies – their en- tire education can be put at risk.
joined with Foodbank difference.
For more information on the program or to donate visit foodbank.org.au
Their mission is to make sure that all Queensland children, regardless of their circumstances, have an equal start in life.
A nutritious breakfast is proven to improve atten- tion, memory, behaviour, and attendance, which all leads to happier and healthier children.
Foodbank Queensland’s School Breakfast Program provides fresh, healthy breakfasts for thousands of children every week who would have other- wise gone without.
Post-hatch performance using in ovo CrM supplementation
WELCOME to 2022 – hopefully the year of connection and prosperity.
the average proportions of lean and fat mass were less pronounced in birds given in ovo CrM.
I hope you all had a wonderful break and are looking forward to starting 2022 with anticipation to a more ‘normal’ year.
Males had slightly more fat mass and fe- males had more lean mass than birds in the other treatment groups.
We are gearing up for a great year of funding, education and training events, so make sure you stay tuned to find out more.
and female birds hatched from young breeder flocks.
not affected by treat- ment.
This could be an important finding in regard to improving flock uniformity in mixed flocks.
I want to begin the year with a story from one of our recently graduated Poultry Hub Australia supported honours students.
Her study found an increased hatch rate was seen in chicks given in ovo creatine monohydrate of 93.5 percent, compared to chicks given in ovo saline of 88.6 percent and the control group of 88.8 percent.
Males had higher proportions of lean and bone mass and females had higher proportions of fat mass.
Mean fibre area did not significantly dif- fer between treatment groups at hatch or at day 42.
PHA sees the impor- tance of supporting up and coming research- ers and doing every- thing we can to attract them into the poultry industry.
While not statisti- cally significant, an interesting finding is that the sex effect of
Females had a larger mean fibre area than males both at hatch and at day 42, and at hatch
With the support of both Australian Eggs and AgriFutures Chicken Meat, we awarded two $5000 honours scholarships.
This increased hatch rate was not statistical- ly significant but was a 5.5 percent increase over the commercial hatch rate expected for this age flock of 88 percent.
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Corey-Ann Firman was a recipient of PHA’s $5000 honours scholarship.
Corey-Ann Firman was one of those re- cipients and she has recently completed her honours degree at the University of Adelaide.
The growth of birds in this trial greatly ex- ceeded the expected growth of Ross 308s in a commercial set- ting from week three onwards.
The aim of Ms Fir- man’s study was to improve the post-hatch performance of male and female chicks hatched from younger breeder flocks using in ovo creatine monohy- drate supplementation.
Treatment did not have a significant im- pact on breast muscle, liver or heart weights as a proportion of bod- yweight at hatch or at day 42.
It was hypothesised that an in ovo injection of CrM would:
At day 42, despite having the smaller bodyweight, females had a higher propor- tion of breast muscle and liver, while males had a higher proportion of heart muscle.
• Positively influence post-hatch growth and body composition
• Increase fibre de- velopment and breast muscle yield in male
Bone, fat and lean mass proportions were
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