Tag: poultry

Estimated reading time: 10 minutes Starting out as an egg producer can be very expensive if you wish to establish a modern laying battery system....

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes They farm with chickens and produce farm chickens. This, in short, sums up the recipe for success of Spif Chickens...

Poultry raised for meat production are called broilers, and a broiler house is the structure used for growing them. Proper planning of broiler housing...

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes It is no secret that the African climate can be very unforgiving, especially when it comes to farming. Luckily...

Estimated reading time: 7 minutes Young farmers are making waves in Zimbabwean agriculture. They are farming successfully in a sector viewed in some circles as...

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Emerging poultry producers in KwaZulu-Natal have benefited from hands-on training at advanced new facilities at the KwaZulu-Natal Poultry Institute (KZNPI),...

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes Many producers nowadays consider adding a broiler branch to their farming enterprise, as it is an easy way to...

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes Profit margins in the agricultural industry are not always what they should be. Producers therefore need to focus on...

Three different rodent species are usually encountered on a poultry farm. They are Rattus rattus or the roof rat, Rattus norvegicus or the brown...

Estimated reading time: 8 minutes The Ferreira family of Moedskepvlakte farm near Kirkwood, in the Eastern Cape’s Sundays River Valley, specialises in organic production. Johnny Ferreira...