The five essentials in brooding.

Escalating commodity prices are decreasing profit margins and driving producers to seek ways of optimising their performance. Growers need to take a hard look at their management to find ways to fine tune their performance and gain the extra couple of cents per kg advantage. The key to success lies in establishing the physiological ‘building blocks’ – a well developed skeleton and healthy cardio vascular system. The importance of the brooding period cannot be emphasized enough, as this is the only opportunity to achieve such growth in a single week. The brooding period sets the precedent for good performance. To achieve the best start, the grower must provide the optimum transition from a hatchery to brooding environment which includes making sure the chicks begin feeding and drinking straightaway. The five essentials in brooding.