Teun van de Braak

In the rearing aviary, day-old chicks must have easy access to feed and water. The environment should offer an optimal temperature, appropriate lighting, and good ventilation. These conditions ensure that the chicks grow well, and their fluff transforms into well-developed feathers. As the chicks grow, their space requirements increase, and this is when every pullet grower faces the question: When ...

Genetic progress in laying hens has never been so clearly visible in the field throughout the past decades. Modern selection methods, such as genomics and fully automated measurements, as well as massive investment in the expansion of our R&D programme have considerably contributed to the success of the laying hens currently available.More than a decade ago, we set a goal to breed the long-lif ...