Echook News

On the 9th of June 2022 Poultry Hub attended the Tamworth and district careers advisers’ network agricultural careers expo. With over 1,000 students from surrounding Tamworth schools as well as schools from Coonabarabran, Inverell, Armidale, Glen Innes, Upper Hunter, the Coast and as far north as Tenterfield it was a great way to showcase the

On the 15th – 17th of May 2022 PIX/AMX 2022 was held at Broadbeach, Gold Coast. Eight young industry delegates from all different fields of the poultry industry were brought together to experience all that the conference had to offer. The PIX program was split into chicken meat or egg production so depending on what

Ideas Exchange has been booked in for mid-October in Melbourne. We are looking forward to catching you in person (finally), sharing our great achievements and exchanging new ideas for the future of the industry. Ideas Exchange is a great avenue for industry personnel and researchers to come together and develop relationships and collaborations that benefit

A study conducted by Natalie Mendes to investigate the nature and direction of the relationship between complex rearing environments, activity, leg health and ranging behaviour of meat chickens has been completed. The project aimed to improve meat chicken welfare by determining the potential of environmental complexity during rearing and outdoor range access to increase activity

A study completed by Corey-Ann Firman researching how to improve the post-hatch performance of male and female chicks hatched from younger breeder flocks using in ovo creatine monohydrate (CrM) supplementation. It was hypothesised that that in ovo injection of CrM would: 1) positively influence post-hatch growth and body composition, 2) increase fibre development and breast

PHA focuses on challenges identified in the Australian Poultry Industry and requires a collaborative approach to deliver solutions quickly and effectively. An important aspect of PHA’s activities is to build capacity in the industry. We recognise that two-way communication between young people and industry is essential to building the industry’s capacity in a sustainable way.

Poultry Hub Australia has recently signed off the final round of grants that we have awarded this year. We would like to thank all those that submitted a project and congratulate those that have been successful and encourage others to keep up the great ideas. This year for a project to be considered it was

The Ideas Exchange has been a great avenue for industry personnel and researchers to come together and develop relationships and collaborations that benefit the poultry industry. This years’ meeting will need to held virtually which won’t allow for the excellent networking opportunities however, we will still be able to highlight some of the fantastic research

Broiler farmer Michael Sommerland and Dr Kim Bunter from the animal genetics breeding unit (AGBU) are working together on the development of breeding lines intended for producing commercial offspring to be reared in predominantly outdoor broiler production. Current commercial broiler lines are not considered suitable for the intended production environment or market activities, motivating the

The ACMF has updated its AMS Report to include results of its’ inaugural ‘Appropriateness of Use’ survey, and has also published a summary brochure, both of which are now available here on the ACMF website. Dr Vivien Kite, Executive Director of the ACMF is pleased with the results and says that the chicken meat industry