breeding

The chicken coop programme offered by Mike is proving very popular among African farmers. Photo: Boschveld
02-10-2020 | Article

Strong demand for mixed day-old chicks in South Africa

In most tests, the breeds producing white eggs had an advantage over the breeds producing brown eggs and results over the past decade show the advantage is widening. Photo: Henk Riswick
24-09-2020 | News

Egg improvements through balanced breeding

Chicken Biobank to cut numbers of birds for research
08-09-2020 | News

Chicken Biobank to cut numbers of birds for research

The house with Hubbard JA57 and JA87 parent stock. The dwarf females resemble a regular layer, says Melvin Hazeleger. Photo: Henk Riswick
03-08-2020 | Article

Young poultry farmer’s experience with dwarf parent stock

Scientists searched for and analysed ALVEs in the genetic code of more than 400 chickens from villages in Ethiopia, Nigeria and Iraq. Photo: Misset International
10-06-2020 | News

DNA insights help poultry producers in developing countries

Russian breeding farm Smena announced that it has started to test the new crossbreed Smena-9 at 2 breeding farms in the Chelyabinsk Oblast. Photo: Bert Jansen
09-06-2020 | News

Russia wants to cut import-dependence breeding stock

Breeding stock deliveries are disrupted here and there. Photo: Wick Natzijl
01-04-2020 | News

Coronavirus could disrupt poultry production

Photo: Gert Janssen
24-02-2020 | News

Crown Chicken adopts NestBorn on-farm hatching

Bill MacFarlane came home to run the business in 1979. Photo: Picasa
14-02-2020 | Article

Pheasant hunting boosts bird demand across North America