WHILE switching to white fully beaked chickens requires close attention to detail, according to the United Kingdom-based farmer Phil Davies from Powys in Wales, it can improve production and welfare. Colourful debeaking debate Mr Davies and wife Helen began free range egg production in 2018 using brown birds. Colourful debeaking debate But they moved to…
OVER the past few years, we have been reduced to virtual meetings, emails and relying on phone calls to speak with our members. Engaging with members And while these methods have allowed Egg Farmers of Australia to function, there is nothing like being able to visit on-farm and begin engaging with members in person. In…
May 2022 poultry industry headlines: Keynote speakers at PIX AMC 2022 Educators’ conference on Sunshine Coast Keynote speakers at PIX AMC 2022 Engaging with members Colourful debeaking debate Choosing RSPCA Approved chicken\ Open water access important for farmed ducks’ welfare Robots in biosecurity trial AusPac Ingredients benefits from animal nutrition accreditation Poultry vaccines market worth…
Yum Brands Inc, the parent company of fried chicken chain KFC, said it was pausing investment in Russia, a key market that helped the brand achieve record development last year. Yum also said it was suspending operations of its 70 KFC company-owned restaurants in the country and finalising an agreement to suspend all Pizza Hut…
France will slaughter several million poultry birds in the second mass cull of flocks as the country tries to contain outbreaks of avian influenza, the country’s agriculture ministry said recently. After a wave of cases in the southwest led to the culling of around 4 million animals, the ministry said the disease had spread rapidly…
Boiled, scrambled or fried, if you’re an egg lover, a better breakfast is hard to beat. But with eggs often associated with high cholesterol, it can be hard to know whether your meal choice is healthy or not. A new study from the University of South Australia now hopes to crack this long-standing conundrum by…
April 2022 poultry industry headlines: Cracking new study excites egg lovers PoultryGrad is a win win project Disease, sickness and recovery Cholesterol confession courtesy of confusion Small Batch make mark with RSPCA Approved chook Flooding overwhelmed QLD poultry farmer UTS researchers develop AI monitoring system Evaluation of substances affecting turkey spermatozoa motility Confidence rises as…
Is eating meat actually bad for us? This question was the focus of a recent study by the University of Adelaide. The results are good news for meat lovers! University of Adelaide researcher in biomedicine and study author Dr Wenpeng You said, “We wanted to look more closely at research that has thrown a negative…
Major poultry producer Ingham’s Group Limited has recorded an increase of 5.6 percent in its core poultry sales to 237,100 tonnes in the six months to December 2021 compared with the first half of 2021, according to the company’s interim results released in mid-February. In Australia, core poultry volumes grew by 6.5 percent against a…
The CSIRO animal welfare team has shown that enriching the rearing environment of chicks makes for the improved behaviour, health and welfare of adult free range laying hens. A discrepancy in the rearing environments of young and adult laying hens The environment in which animals develop is critical for optimal lifetime behaviour, health and welfare.…