Supporting birds and farmers – half empty or half full?

Recently, I realised that applying half house broiler brooding is not allowed by law. Frankly, this is a good (or bad) example of regulations that have been overtaken real day-to-day poultry management in practice. In the past, with low energy prices, this was not a big issue. However, at the moment, broiler producers are facing highly volatile energy prices due to the war in Ukraine. For those of us in animal husbandry, this is a real headache. Rules must be supportive of both the animals (b