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 ...

Picking from last year’s performance, I see an ever-evolving landscape in poultry meat production. Demand for chicken meat products is set to increase albeit at low levels. With our national economy ...

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 ...

This mobile DIY brooder box design works for broody hens or mail-order chicks and for both indoor and outdoor use. We’ve designed a secure, lightweight brooder box that is relatively easy and ...

Knowledge of housing, brooding, and handling chicks safety makes raising poultry a rewarding experience. Before deciding to raise poultry, or any livestock, it is important to investigate local codes ...

It is mid-morning in Kimende, a chilly highland settlement tucked within Lari constituency in Kiambu County. While the fog still hangs low over the forested ridges, inside a quiet compound a few ...

A focus on hen welfare and technological innovation helped a 200-hen diversification grow into a business producing and packing eggs from 2 million chickens via a network of suppliers. David and Helen ...

Factors affecting choice of breed, age at slaughter, and brooding, rearing and disease management all have unique considerations for turkey production. Regarding turkeys simply as big broilers could ...