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Farmer Resoures
Animal Welfare in
Poultry Farming
This resource provides an informative overview and introduction to animal welfare in poultry farming.
The Relationship Between
Animal Welfare & Productivity
This resource provides an overview on the relationship between animal welfare and productivity for egg-laying hens.
Temperature Control
in Avian Houses
This resource provides information on how to properly control the temperate in your housing system.
Catching Methods:
Which is the best?
This resource provides information on how you can properly catch your hens and
which methods to use
Importance of Calcium and
Phosphorus for Hens
This resource provides information on the importance of calcium and phosphorus
in laying hen feed.
Cage-free
Technical Handbook
This resource provides routine handling practices used with hens raised in cage-free rearing systems.
Resources on Prolapse
in Laying Hens
These are various resources from
different sources that explain ways to
prevent and treat prolapse in hens.
Tips & Benefits of Managing
Data of a Rural Property
This resource provides an overview on the importance of keeping and managing data on rural farms.
Diseases that affect
laying hens
This resource provides information on a common disease, egg peritonitis, that affects egg-laying hens
Daily inspections of pullets
and laying hens
This resource provides information on processes and procedures when inspecting your flock on a daily basis.
Condition of Aviary Bedding,
Management & Importance
This resource provides information on why proper management of hen bedding is important and how you can keep it.
Is Mortality of Hens Higher
in Alternative Systems?
This resource provides information on mortality in different housing and if
it is higher in alternative systems.
Caged and
Cage-free Laying Hens
This resource provides information on differences between raising hens in caged and cage-free environment.
Eurogroup for
Animals Report
This report was created by Eurogroup for Animals and details the phasing out of cages in the EU.
The Importance of
Nest Hygienization
This resource provides an overview on the importance of proper nest hygiene for egg-laying hens.
Caring for sick, injured,
and weak birds
This resource provides processes to care for any sick, injured or weak birds
amoung your layer flock.
Promoting
Enviroment Enrichment
This resource provides information on how you can provide ennviromental enrichments to your hens.
Contamination of Eggs
in Different Systems
This resource provides information on how you can properly avoid/handle contaminated eggs.
Importance of Light
in Laying Poultry
This resource provides information
on how important light is to
laying hens.
The Benefits of
Cage-free Production
This resource communicates the benefits of cage-free production including consumer demand and health benefits.
OHDI Hen Welfare
Training Guide
Guide covers how to implement hen welfare and cage-free practices on poultry farms
Reports
Feed Report
This report provides information on the feeds we have tested in Kenya
Farm Visit Report
The Healthier Hens team conducted a scoping study across three key phases.
Veterinary Training Report
This report provides information on the vveterianry training conducted in Kenya
KBF Baseline Report
Assesses the prevalence and severity of keel bone fractures (KBFs) in Kenya.
Infographics
Literature Reviews
Literature Review Vol. I
This review provides an informative overview and introduction to the complex topic of hen nutritional needs.
Literature Review Vol. 2
This review provides an overview on recommendations & information on specific nutrients that support bone health.
Literature Review Vol.3
This review explores nutrients & additives for their potential in helping hens and considers body weight & feed intake rates.
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