With feed costs being a major expense for poultry farmers, the price difference between feed barley at £148 per tonne and laying hen feed at £310 per tonne has sparked interest in finding more ...

Providing your flock with the best chicken feed from hatching through their laying years ensures the healthiest chickens and ...

Hens begin laying at around six months of age and can continue for five to 10 years, with peak production occurring in the first two years. Chickens are omnivores. They eat grains, fruits, vegetables ...

The overall goal of the layer industry is to achieve the best performance, feed utilization and health ... if supra-nutritional levels of vitamin E are added to the feed of laying hens. And finally, ...

To meet this growing demand and increase profitability, improving the efficiency of feed conversion and performance of laying hens is one solution.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has approved the inclusion of 10 per cent camelina cake in feed for egg-laying hens. The federal agency had earlier ... Department of Animal and Poultry Science.

which saves money on feed. This breed is known for its docile, friendly temperament. Welsummer chickens are also one of the ...

Unprecedented concerns from UK farmers over proposed changes to the RSPCA’s Welfare Standards for Laying hens have led to a further climbdown by the assurance scheme. Earlier this year, RSPCA Assured ...

A hemp industry trade group announced this week that an organization of feed control officials has tentatively approved the use of hemp seed meal as animal feed for egg-laying hens—a move that was ...

Egg-laying hens who are forced to spend their entire lives in cages should be banned, some of the leading food companies have said. Currently eight-million birds are kept this way in the UK - with ...