poultry health

Identifying Common Chicken Health Problems During Processing: PPT068

Chicken health problems are not fun, but sometimes we don’t identify those problems until processing day. You can tell a lot about how a chicken was raised by what it looks like on the evisceration table. While the information you receive won’t benefit the birds being processed, it will give you information to evaluate the…

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PPT043: The Richard Simmons Approach to Molting Hens with Jeff Mattocks

We continue the mini-series with poultry nutritionist Jeff Mattocks of The Fertrell Company. This will be part 2 of our 3 part technical road series that we recorded on our way to Arkansas. That explains the road hum that I couldn’t get out, but everything is clear. In this episode, we talk about molting; The…

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PPT042: Definitive Guide to Feather Pecking with Jeff Mattocks

Think all chicken feather picking and “cannibalism” is attributed to poor feed? Think again. Poultry nutritionist Jeff Mattocks of The Fertrell Company walks us through four main reasons that poultry peck their flock mates. And feed is only one of the issues. So jump in the truck and join us we talk about feather pecking…

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