Poultry News

Amid the World Egg Day 2024, Morrisons announced the introduction of a white egg pack to its Chuckle Eggs range. The range is part of its wider ‘For Farmers’ initiative, where 6p is given back to farmers per half-dozen box of eggs. 

Defra has just announced that UK farmers and traders will once again be able to export poultry to South Africa, bringing up to £160 million to industry over the next five years.

Poultry vet Sara Perez outlines some of the key health issues currently posing a risk to UK flocks.

Eight rare breed chickens have been stolen in what farm owners fear is a planned and targeted theft.

A Derbyshire broiler unit capable of housing up to 84,000 birds has been put up for sale with a guide price of £1.1million. 

New rules are coming into force on 1st October, to help protect the poultry sector from future avian flu outbreaks.

Egg producers and packers will no longer need to change how eggs are labelled during an outbreak of avian influenza under new measures announced by the government. 

Poultry farmers are being warned to take care when transitioning new season crops into diets, as it can impact broiler performance.

A poultry farmer from Somerset has been ordered to pay over £50,000 for falsifying salmonella testing certificates for chickens and eggs before they went into the food chain. 

The return of the British Pig and Poultry Fair brought a lively and enthusiastic cohort of exhibitors, farmers, breeders and innovators together. Sarah Juggins reports.

Broiler producers are being urged to focus on heat stress in birds as temperatures increase to avoid the costly impacts on bird health, welfare and performance. 

Defra has published guidance on two new types of hen housing grants, which are set to launch next month.