Article: Daily variation in activity and flock size of two parakeet species from southeastern Brazil.

Article: Despite flock size, egg producers to have poor ...
Feedstuffs;  November 11, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... UEP) would be reducing the country's flock size, which would accordingly reduce hen ... rationalizations. The industry expanded the flock size almost 21 million hens, or almost 8 ... advised, sources said. Certainly, the flock size will finally start to decrease next year ...

Article: Decline in national flock size by 2%
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  June 11, 2007 ;     385 words ... ... lambs put to the ram rose by nearly 20 per cent last year, according to the Defra annual survey of agriculture, the national flock size has fallen. The number of ewe lambs put to the ram is more than cancelled out by the 3.2 per cent annual decline recorded ...

Article: Eggs need dramatic, quick way to reduce flock size: ...
Feedstuffs;  November 15, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... started to deintensify production by placing pullets at greater space per bird, which had the effect of actually decreasing the flock size. Deintensification contained egg production in 2003 to a 0.3% increase and sparked egg prices to run to levels more than ...

Article: Flock size cut ...
Grocer;  October 16, 2004 ;     638 words ...Organic farmers have clashed over poultry production rules. Soil Association bosses wrote to Defra minister Ben Bradshaw to express outrage at his decision to refuse to cut the size of the UK's organic poultry flocks before the same rules apply to the rest of Europe. It said Bradshaw reneged on an

Article: Uniform flock size key to breeder success.(broiler ...
Feedstuffs;  April 3, 2006 ;     700+ words ...HOW to feed broiler breeders for optimal reproductive performance while meeting target bodyweights was a common theme discussed at this year's International Poultry Science Forum held in Atlanta, Ga. In abstract M37, A. Mendoza-Reilley, A.J. Davis, G. Zavala and J.L. Wilson of The University of

Article: Gear flock size to production needs.(Reprint)(Brief ...
Countryside & Small Stock Journal;  January 1, 2008 ;     566 words ...Q. We will be starting our "homestead" chicken flock soon and are puzzled about the size of flock to start with. Since we plan to raise meat and eggs, should our starting order be large? A. The size of your poultry flock should be geared to the amount of product you wish to produce. Are you going

Article: Rise in breeding flock size to help boost lamb ...
The Journal (Newcastle, England);  April 30, 2003 ;     462 words ...A rise in the size of the UK breeding flock last year along with a good lambing rate and likely lower ewe lamb retention is forecast to lead to a supply of 13.8 million head during the next season, according to MLC senior economic analyst Jane Connor. Although a return to pre-FMD levels of 15.2