The Poultry Podcast Show - #23 - On-farm hatching: an European perspective

It is common knowledge that the US and European poultry industries are quite different. In the US poultry industry, eggs are often sent to large hatcheries. In Europe, we have seen on-farm hatching emerge. On-farm hatching is a revolutionary Dutch system developed to solve certain problems with transporting and hatching broiler chicks. In this episode, Dr. Hilde Van Meirhaeghe shares her experience as a vet consultant in a European setting and discusses the main differences between the poultry industries, delving into on-farm hatching and early feeding procedures.

What you’ll learn:

1. On-farm hatching

2. Handling the eggs

3. Early feeding, and gastrointestinal and immune development

4. The best first food for chicks

5. On-farm hatching vaccination

6. The last 20 years in the poultry industry

Meet the guest

Dr. Hilde Van Meirhaeghe

Experience

○ Current: Academic Advisor in the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Ghent.

○ Past: Poultry Consultant and Veterinarian at Vetworks.

 Background

○ D.V.M. (Ghent University)

Connect with our guest on Social Media: LinkedIn