As a layer producer, you need to monitor all kinds of production and economic factors that can have an impact on profitability – from egg production percentage, number and weight to feed cost and intake. In many cases, what you measure will be driven by consumer preferences, economic market forces and other trends. Although input costs are important, the greatest enabler for success is the production and sale of top-quality eggs: a higher number of marketable eggs means higher profits.
Careful selection of commercial laying hens has successfully increased production cycle lengths from 70 to 80 weeks, or even longer: current targets are for long-life layers capable of producing 500 eggs at 100 weeks of age Among hens in the late-lay life-stage, however, it is much more difficult to maintain good eggshells, which makes ongoing first-class egg production a challenge.
Trouw Nutrition has developed a holistic, global programme specifically designed to empower our customers to improve eggshell quality, even in late lay. By implementing a set of proven solutions and recommendations in the fields of feed, farm and health, our integrated approach ensures both animal health and farmer profitability, all while safeguarding environmental and public health.
Our eggshell quality programme is built on strong technical foundations, using the latest findings from Trouw Nutrition’s state-of-the-art poultry research centre in Spain – unique among our peers in terms of size, quality, capacity, expertise and experience in the poultry sector.
Based on this research, which has been successfully tested in practice, the programme features three technology areas:
The Trouw Nutrition solution to stronger eggshells consists of three simple steps, which you can do yourself or with the help of one of our poultry experts.
It all starts with diagnostics: by applying Trouw Nutrition’s diagnostic tools, you can easily find the cause(s) of eggshell quality issues on your farm. Trouw Nutrition has developed an online diagnostic form that, having been assessed by our technical expert, will lead to the right diagnosis based on the information and pictures taken from your farm.
After diagnosing the problem, Trouw Nutrition can provide solutions in the fields of feed, farm and health to improve eggshell quality problems.
With this programme we have combined our proven nutritional solutions with our knowledge about farm and health management. This unique combination will help you maximise the number of first grade eggs.
Let us help you increase the number of first grade eggs and improve your farms’ profitability.
