High-tech broiler breeder units drive business forward

DraperLAYERS organised a number of open days at a new broiler breeder unit on the outskirts of Exeter ahead of the first birds coming in at the end of December. Tony McDougal reports from Devon. Moves to enable the next generation to enter the family business has prompted broiler breeder Jerry Frankpitt to expand production in the heart of east Devon. Mr Frankpitt already has a 48,000-bird broiler breeder unit, which was built in two stages – the first completed in February 2000 and the secon