A poultry breeding farm is a facility that raises and breeds poultry to produce eggs or meat. The goal of a breeding farm is to produce fertile eggs and chicks with high hatchability.
How it works
- Chick rearing: Chicks are raised on litter floors and fed and lit according to their needs.
- Growing period: Chicks are restricted from overeating to improve egg production in layer breeders and to prevent obesity in meat breeders.
- Mating: Cockerels mate with hens to produce fertile eggs.
- Egg collection: Eggs are collected from nest boxes and transported to a hatching egg store.
- Egg incubation: Eggs are incubated in a hatchery to produce chicks.