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

Advice on managing mycotoxin risks for poultry

Despite the rollout of new stricter limits on the permitted levels of mycotoxins in cereals for human consumption, no changes have been made to recommendations for parameters in animal feed.…

LAYERS

Why a poultry and arable unit uses 'circular feeding'

Poultry and arable enterprises complement each other well at Nun Monkton Farm, near York, where the Throup family have farmed for nearly 40 years. “Everything we grow on the arable…

LAYERS

How one couple set up in free-range egg production

Price volatility is a well-documented feature in egg production. But when Ben Anthony and Diana Fairclough weighed up returns against income from their suckler beef and sheep enterprises, the figures…

BROILERS

How heat exchangers can benefit both environment and poultry

It makes a lot of sense to reuse heat that is present in poultry housing. Warming up the incoming fresh air to provide the necessary ventilation keeps the internal atmosphere…

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