Chicken Breeding

  Chicken Breeding / Poultry Keeping Chicken Info … Chicken Species … Preventing Poultry Diseases / Disease Outbreaks … Chicken Breeding … Breeding Information … Mass Production   Courting and Mating: The chicken courting ritual consists of a rooster offering food he finds to hens by clucking in a high pitch, as well as picking up … Read more

EcoGlow with two chicks

Brinsea TLC-40 and 50 Eco/Advance Brooder

Altricial species of birds (including all parrots and birds of prey) are blind and helpless when they hatch and it is some weeks before they are able to move around, control their body temperature and feed themselves. Primary function: The new Octagon TLC-40 and TLC-50 brooders fulfill all these functions very cost effectively and can … Read more

Improving Hatching Rate

Bird Eggs: Improving Hatching Rate The most important aspects to consider when incubating eggs: Start with Fertilized Eggs: Unfertilized egg cannotbe hatched. Incubation should commense within one week of having been laid. After that, the viability of the egg decreases. When acquiring eggs, select good eggs: Remember that deformed, dirty or broken eggs have a … Read more

Mass Production of Chickens / Poultry

Issues with mass production Battery cages, which measure 18 by 20 inches and hold 5 to 11 hens each. Many animal rights advocates object to killing chickens for food or to the “factory farm conditions” under which they are raised. They contend that commercial chicken production often involves raising the birds in large, crowded rearing … Read more

Chronic Egg Laying

Chronic egg laying will deplete calcium, thus causing myriad health problems. One of which is the condition known as hypocalcaemia – With calcium at a low level, the uterine muscles are unable to contract and push the egg out resulting in egg binding.