Early feed access to improve poultry growth performance

Swedish research looking at early feed access in chicken starter diets found it can be used to improve growth performance in broilers. It also found, however, that algal extract supplementation did not affect growth performance or gut health. The study evaluated early feed access and algal extract on growth performance, organ development, gut microbiota and vaccine-induced antibody responses. Hatching concepts, such as on-farm hatching, provide an opportunity to supply newly hatched birds wit