Poultry

Get practical poultry farming tips, including chicken care, egg and meat production, flock management, and techniques for successful poultry farming.

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Broiler house management: 3 best practices

Poultry expert Bruce Gibson says the three golden rules for best broiler house management are: look, listen and smell. Lloyd Phillips investigates the importance of using your sense of smell.

Mycotoxins make poultry more vulnerable

Mycotoxins are toxic secondary metabolites produced by fungi that grow on certain agricultural products. The presence of mycotoxins in feed has a detrimental effect on animals in production systems. Lloyd...

Successfully producing quail’s eggs

Elize van Greunen supplies quails and pickled quail eggs to a niche market.
Profiting from ducks – not all it’s quacked up to be

Profiting from free-range ducks in KZN

Brian Stewart, owner of The Duck Lady, shares his tips and secrets for profitable duck farming.
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The unexpected demand for free-range chicken in SA

Jeanne Groenewald never expected her attempt to feed her family healthy food to turn into one of South Africa’s great poultry success stories. Starting out by rearing 100 chickens in...
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