Member Ayatullahi
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It highlights the need to provide easily digestible feed, stable temperature, and proper lighting to stimulate early feed intake, setting a strong foundation for long-term growth and health.
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Noted
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Delayed feeding after hatch can quietly reduce gut development, weaken immunity, and lower early growth — effects that often show later as poor uniformity and weaker performance.
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Good, thanks for sharing
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Good
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Waste Management: How can small to medium-sized dairy farms effectively manage waste and reduce their environmental impact.
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- Novel Soy Ingredients: Has anyone successfully incorporated soy protein isolate (SPI) or hydrolyzed soy protein into a non-traditional application (e.g., fermented product, clear beverage) with significant functional or sensory improvements?Novel Soy Ingredients:
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We know in practice that chicks often don’t get fed immediately after hatching because of transportation from the hatchery. What kind of negative effects do you think that delay might be causing that we don’t immediately see?
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Digital traceability tools are now central to <strong data-start=”131″ data-end=”175″>quality control and inventory efficiency in modern feed mills. Beyond compliance, many use them to <strong data-start=”234″ data-end=”288″>track raw materials from supplier to finished feed, ensuring ingredient quality and quick recall when needed. Integration with sensors and ERP systems enables <strong data-start=”397″ data-end=”465″>real-time monitoring of production, stock levels, and batch data, reducing errors and waste. Overall, digital traceability improves <strong data-start=”533″ data-end=”583″>transparency, consistency, and decision-making across the entire supply chain.Digital traceability tools are now central to quality control and inventory efficiency in modern feed mills. Beyond compliance, many use them to track raw materials from supplier to finished feed, ensuring ingredient quality and quick recall when needed. Integration with sensors and ERP systems enables real-time monitoring of production, stock levels, and batch data, reducing errors and waste. Overall, digital traceability improves transparency, consistency, and decision-making across the entire supply chain.
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Agree
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<strong data-start=”97″ data-end=”127″>Chilling (low temperature) causes chicks to huddle together, leading to <strong data-start=”173″ data-end=”223″>suffocation, poor growth, and higher mortality due to cold stress and infections.
<strong data-start=”263″ data-end=”297″>Overheating (high temperature) makes chicks pant and dehydrate, resulting in <strong data-start=”344″ data-end=”399″>heat stress, reduced feed intake, and sudden deaths.
Frequent fluctuations weaken the immune system, making chicks <strong data-start=”467″ data-end=”499″>more susceptible to diseases like colibacillosis or yolk sac infection.Chilling (low temperature) causes chicks to huddle together, leading to suffocation, poor growth, and higher mortality due to cold stress and infections.
Overheating (high temperature) makes chicks pant and dehydrate, resulting in heat stress, reduced feed intake, and sudden deaths.
Frequent fluctuations weaken the immune system, making chicks more susceptible to diseases like colibacillosis or yolk sac infection.
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Professor Applegate calls the first days a “critical window” where nutrition directly impacts long-term performance. How does this finding influence how you manage your brooding period, from feed formulation to lighting programs?
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Excellent explanation — you’ve covered it perfectly. High density truly limits growth potential and overall flock performance.
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Well said! Maintaining optimal space definitely helps improve welfare and ensures birds convert feed more efficiently.
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Absolutely right — stress from overcrowding really shifts energy away from growth and impacts both health and FCR.
