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Huron farm reports missing chicks for second time
Livestock, News

Huron farm reports missing chicks for second time

By Farmtario Staff June 20, 2023
A farmer in Huron County has reported to Ontario Provincial Police that he lost 15,000 chicks in mid-May. The same farmer reported a loss of 30,000 chicks in April. The […] Read more

(TrouwNutrition.ca)
Livestock

International joint venture buys Prairie layer hatchery

ILD, Trouw Nutrition to co-own Clark's Poultry

By Dave Bedard December 8, 2022
A Manitoba company providing day-old layer chicks to poultry producers in the three Prairie provinces is under new joint ownership. International Layer Distribution (ILD), a subsidiary of German egg layer […] Read more

(Obhecc.com)
Livestock, Machinery

Ontario’s broiler egg tracking systems backed for upgrades

By GFM Staff January 6, 2020
Systems used to track broiler hatching egg and chick production in Ontario will get upgrades using federal-provincial cost-shared funding. The federal and Ontario governments on Monday last week announced up […] Read more

The box can hold up to 50 chicks and is designed to prevent dead-on-arrivals.
Livestock, News

4-H youth solves problem of chick death with “Safer Chick-ments”

A 14-year-old Canadian created a new design for the boxes in which chicks are shipped and applied for a patent

By Barbara Duckworth September 20, 2019
Glacier FarmMedia – It all started with a 4-H project for 14-year-old Mac Dykeman. A member of a 4-H poultry club at Langley, B.C., she was often dismayed when her […] Read more

(Peggy Greb photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Livestock

Interprovincial salmonella outbreak tied to chicks

By Dave Bedard May 25, 2015
Federal and Alberta provincial health and veterinary officials are probing almost three dozen cases of salmonella poisoning across three provinces, tied to handling of live baby chickens. The Public Health […] Read more


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