Poultry Tech Expert
Managing broiler breeders and broilers. Practical flock management, one topic at a time, with the sources.
Moving from farm to farm, I kept telling people the same things, again and again. And communication leaks: there's what I know, what I say, what you hear, and what you still remember next year.
A former manager of mine used to say: give your knowledge like a pill. Concentrated, helpful, easy to swallow. So each article here is one pill: one topic from broiler breeder and broiler management, why it happens, what it means in the house, and what you can do about it.
How these articles are made
- Each one is the written version of a video on my YouTube channel, made from the same script.
- I review and approve every script before it is recorded. The facts and figures come from published sources: textbooks, scientific papers and the breeding companies' public management guides. They are listed at the end of each article.
- Health is covered from the management side. Confirmation and treatment decisions belong to your veterinarian and the lab.
- The site is not monetized and not sponsored, and I'm agnostic to brands and breeds.
Articles
Eye drop and wing web: one bird at a timeEye drop and wing web vaccination: why the eye works, cold bottles, the drop and the blink, the wing web technique, and checking dye and pox takes.
Spray vaccination: droplets and coverageWhy droplet size decides spray vaccination, and how to check the sprayer, mix with distilled water, set up the house, walk the spray and keep records.
Drinking water vaccination step by stepOne full dose for every bird through the water: sanitizer off, cool water, the right volume, stabilizer first, primed lines and a blue tongue check.
The vaccine cold chain on the farmFollowing a vaccine from the delivery box to the bird: arrival checks, the fridge, freezing, transport, mixing, warming inactivated vaccines and records.
Vector and immune complex vaccines: the hatchery shotHow vector and immune complex vaccines work past maternal antibodies, the rules for HVT vectors, and what changes for broiler and breeder managers.
Live and inactivated vaccines: what each one doesWhat a live vaccine builds and where it falls short, what an inactivated vaccine adds, why the injection needs live priming, and what the hen passes on.
Chicken infectious anemia (CAV): protecting chicks through the breederHow chicken anemia virus rides in the egg, why CAV in broilers is decided in the breeder house, and how breeders are tested and vaccinated before lay.
Infectious bursal disease (Gumboro): the hidden cost of early infectionWhy an IBD infection you never see in the first weeks can cost more than the outbreak you do, and how the breeder, the hatchery and the cleanout control it.
Why vaccinated flocks still get Marek'sHow Marek's virus lives in house dust, why the vaccine protects the bird but not the house, and what the hatchery and the farm control in the first weeks.