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  • Re: Free Range Egg production - is Brachyspira a problem?

    Good luck with your survey, Luke, Free Range Egg production is definitely on the up and up! However, UK Vet David Burch has this month posed the question "Brachyspira – is it Spiralling out of Control?" in a new [Nov. 2010] online review at: www.octagon-services.co.uk/poultry.htm What is the...
    Posted to Poultry Platform (Forum) by HolisticHealth on Tue, Nov 23 2010

  • Re: Causes of Egg-Drop

    David Burch has now published an illustrated follow-up article on the symptoms,treatment and control of mycoplasma infections in poultry... www.octagon-services.co.uk/articles/poultry/antibiotics.htm Production losses associated with M. gallisepticum Breeder/layer Production effect Egg drop (acute) 10...
    Posted to Poultry Platform (Forum) by HolisticHealth on Sat, Dec 19 2009

  • Re: Chicken Production Costings

    Some useful comparative production figures for laying hens in intensive and free-range production systems have just been published, covering... Body weight at 18 weeks (kg) Bodyweight at 72 weeks (kg) Age at 50% production (wks) Age at peak production (wks) Peak production (%) Hen-day eggs to 72 weeks...
    Posted to Poultry Platform (Forum) by HolisticHealth on Fri, Sep 25 2009

  • Chickens & Eggs: Grow them healthy, Eat them safely!

    Forum members may be interested in a new book I have been reviewing, on improving performance of poultry, PLUS a super Poultry Meat Inspection/Disease Photo Atlas from Nottingham University... " Formula for the Future: Nutrition or Pathology ? Elevating Performance and Health in Pigs and Poultry...
    Posted to Poultry Platform (Forum) by HolisticHealth on Sun, Dec 14 2008

  • Re: Hugh Fernley Whittingstall

    I've just watched tuesday's edition of Hugh's Chicken Run and one powerful message was the culling of birds reared intensively before they reach their target weight becuase they are behind. Surely culling also occurs on free range and organic units, the programme seemed to gloss over this...
    Posted to Poultry Platform (Forum) by Richard Allison on Wed, Jan 9 2008
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