Know How / Layers

With margins becoming ever-tighter, well-performing laying hens are absolutely essential to a profitable poultry business. Here, you will find our full archive of technical features and guidance that will help you achieve persistent, productive laying hen cycles.

Our key areas of focus are

  • Good practices for rearing, transfer and early lay
  • Advice on feeding strategies to ensure the best feed conversion
  • Reviews of the latest technology and equipment for the poultry sector
  • Help in managing birds through ever-longer laying cycles

Latest Know How

POULTRY

How free-range layers complement electricity generation

Six thousand hens range under the solar array on 16ha (40 acres) of former arable land let to egg producers Charlie and Laura Tomkins. The birds share the site with…

LAYERS

How new RSPCA Assured layer standards affect egg producers

An overhaul of welfare standards for layers saw big changes introduced this summer. Farmers who market their eggs with the RSPCA Assured mark must now comply with a raft of…

LIVESTOCK

Egg producer's verdict on best alternative protein for layers

From manure to processing, emissions from egg production can be tricky to manage. But replacing some, or all, of the soya in a standard flock’s diet with other proteins is…

POULTRY

Dark-brooding, trees and data transform poultry business

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…

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