chicks

Recent findings suggest that providing variation in lighting could support a broader range of natural behaviours. Photos: Ingrid de Jong
11-08-2025 | Article

How can lighting enhance broiler welfare by supporting their natural behaviour?

A few hours of darkness does not hinder broiler chick development, according to a recent study. Photo Koos Groenewold
04-08-2025 | Article

Darkness doesn’t hinder broiler chick growth

Across all 9 points, supplementing chicken diets with the probiotic or the antibiotic significantly changed the relative abundance of bacterial strains compared to the standard diet. Photo: Canva
15-05-2024 | News

Benefits of probiotics in chicks explored

Researchers are looking into the link between sound waves and layer gene expression in an effort to achieve more female chicks in place of males. Photo: Canva
27-09-2023 | News

Can sound alter layer gene expression?

About 1-2% of chicks are given everything they need post-hatch, but they just never grow, which translates into upwards of 90 million birds per year. Photo: Karim Manjra
03-06-2021 | News

Chick liver function studied for bird and human health

The line-up of the webinar, with from left to right: Robert Hoste, WUR; Gudo klein Gebbink, Royal Agrifirm Group, Vincent ter Beek and Loek de Lange, Loek s Feed. - Photo: Company Webcast
16-12-2020 | News

On-demand: Webinar on young animal care

Photo: Michel Velderman
17-06-2019 | Article

Meta-analysis: Can PHFWD harm poultry development?

Photo: Ruud Ploeg
17-06-2019 | Article

Benefits of in ovo feeding

A 5 pillar approach for an optimal start. Photo: Agrifirm
04-06-2019 | Article

A 5 pillar approach for an optimal start