Bird Management
The expression “location, location, location!” is well known in the real estate business, but in the chicken industry, allocation carries a similar weight. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Many producers have had a catastrophic loss associated with heat stress at some point. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Where you find any kind of poultry across the world, you will find the Eimeria parasites that cause coccidiosis. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
There’s a new tool in town, and not only can it help improve on-farm biosecurity, but it can also save money. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
It was 1873 when Robert Oettel, a German poultry fancier, first described “feather pulling” or “feather eating.” Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The development and commercialization of the Zephyr E small animal dispatch tool is a great example of what can happen when research and industry work together. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Every summer, Canadian poultry farms experience some degree of heat stress. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
In 2011, Maurice Richard became the first egg producer in Quebec to use enriched cages on his poultry farm. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
On any given day, if you’re so inclined, you can Google “animal welfare,” hit the “news” button and find thousands of postings from around the globe. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
A researcher has released a report stating that if more consumers knew about hen housing, more would buy cage-free eggs. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Farm Management Canada has launched a competition to win an all-expense paid trip to the International Farm Management Congress in Poland in July 2013. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
A new research group in England working to improve the health of the world's huge population of broiler chickens has created a new website to share their work. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
In poultry, ventilation is one of the key components used to control temperature, gases and relative humidity, as well as to reduce odors and dust. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The University of Alberta’s Poultry Research Centre is selling farm fresh eggs from five heritage breed of chickens to the general public. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
It’s time to look at Plan B. Things aren’t working the way they used to anymore. Everything has changed – from climate to equipment to the birds we grow. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Attendees of the Chicken Farmers of Canada (CFC) Annual General Meeting, which was held in mid-March, took a break to celebrate a milestone achievement. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
In a cold-climate country like Canada, keeping your poultry barn heated is essential, not only to your flock, but also to all the other systems involved in keeping your birds happy and healthy. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The February 2011 issue of the CPRC update introduced a new avian influenza (AI) research program, initiated as part of the Poultry Science Cluster.* Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Producers are commonly asked if they are prepared to handle an emergency (such as a disease outbreak) on their farm. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Regardless of how you feel about it, your role as a producer of food has changed since your grandfather was farming. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!