Growing broilers in a comfort colony system

It seems contradictory to current trends: keeping birds in cages, rather than on the floor. Or said in a different and probably better way: keeping them in a comfort colony system. Yet, practice has proved that broiler cages offer a wide range of advantages, both for the birds and for the poultry producer. Adequate management of this more complicated system is essential, however. By Ad Bal Growing broilers in cages is not a new phenomenon. According to poultry management consultant Frans Franse