Early feed intake paves way to good overall performance

Escalating commodity prices are squeezing profit margins and driving producers to seek ways of optimising their performance. Growers need to take a hard look at their management to find ways to fine tune their performance and gain the extra couple of cents per kg advantage. This includes feeder choice and management. By Andrew Bourne , broiler specialist, world technical support, Cobb-Vantress, USA The importance of feed intake during the first seven days cannot be emphasised enough, as this is