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Author’s book series pays homage to area’s chicken industry
SELBYVILLE, Del. — Delaware author Joanne K. Guilfoil has released the first of three books about chickens, “The ABCs of Chickens of Delmarva”.Guilfoil said the ABC book’s purpose and design is to share the history of the Delmarva chicken industry, from...
In-person workshops scheduled for May 10-11
SALISBURY, Md. — With hot weather approaching, a collaboration of Extension and poultry industry representatives have organized two in-person workshops focusing on issues with poultry house cool cells and cooling pad maintenance. The in-person workshops...
Strategies can control necrotic enteritis, coccidiosis (Poultry Specialist)
(Editor’s note: Jennifer Timmons is an assistant professor for University of Maryland Eastern Shore.) Necrotic enteritis is a bacterial infection caused by Clostridium perfringens.It has been reported that the economic impact of necrotic enteritis...
Olmeda-Geniec back with ‘my birds’
GEORGETOWN, Del. — Though she grew up in Puerto Rico, Dr. Nanette Olmeda-Geniec said becoming the poultry diagnostician for the University of Delaware’s Lasher Laboratory is a lot like coming home.In Puerto Rico, her family kept livestock and poultry where she...
Sussex Co. Council delays vote on digester
GEORGETOWN, Del. — After an hours-long hearing March 16 for a company seeking to install an anaerobic digester near Seaford powered by poultry industry waste, the Sussex County Council voted to delay a decision on the matter. The request for a revised...
Unchecked water lines may prove harmful
Addressing minerals in poultry house water systems is something that can be forgotten among other tasks, but its build-up in water lines and equipment can be a big culprit to bird production. Mary K. Foy, director of technical services for Proxy-Clean...
Chicken economic findings show effects of COVID-19 headwinds
GEORGETOWN, Del. — Delmarva’s chicken community raised 570 million chickens with a wholesale value of $3.4 billion in 2020, according to newly released economic data from the Delmarva Chicken Association. The DCA report, available at...
Broiler, egg exports rise in volume and value
WASHINGTON — Broiler and egg exports increased in both volume and value last year, and records were set in China, Mexico, and Taiwan. The value of broiler exports to China, the volume of broiler exports to Mexico, and the value and volume of broiler...
A bird’s eye view: The chicken visual system (Poultry Welfare)
(Editor’s note: Dr. Shawna L. Weimer is an assistant professor with the University of Maryland.) Avian species rely heavily on vision to provide them with necessary information about their surroundings. Chickens rely on their sense of vision to...
Staying safe with poultry (Backyard flocks)
(Editor’s note: Dr. Jonathan Moyle is a poultry Extension specialist with the University of Maryland.) As we get closer to spring and chicks start to show up in feed stores, or as we are looking through poultry catalogs, both online and in print, trying...
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