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Hi Dave we are considering conducting egg laying trials to reinstate the productivity of some rare breeds of poultry. These would involve the use of trap nests for recording purposes. These would need to be monitored constantly to ensure welfare. Doubt this has been tried before but what is your gut feeling on this.
Dave C
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Egg laying trials and functional need
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, 18 Jun 2010 19:42
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Posted 19 June 2010 - 07:22
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From a planning point of view this would be a non starter as it does not fit the criteria of the necessity to live on your land whilst you are monitoring the trials.
Regards Dave
From a planning point of view this would be a non starter as it does not fit the criteria of the necessity to live on your land whilst you are monitoring the trials.
Regards Dave
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Posted 19 June 2010 - 19:35
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Hi Dave The trials would involve nest boxes which trap the birds as they enter to lay eggs. They then need to be released manually requiring the constant supervision 365 days per year. Whilst most birds will lay in the morning this can not be quaranteed. If this is still not sufficient how about incubators which again require regular turning, even automatics need to be checked to see they are operating and to deal with any power cuts
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Posted 22 June 2010 - 08:01
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I cannot really see this getting approval as the egg laying output of all rare breeds is known if you contact the breeders then they will tell you what you can expect in eggs over a laying cycle. This is why hybrids were developed to increase the egg laying ability of hens, it would have been difficult to say that the hybrids produced more eggs if the people doing the breeding didn't know what the output was from the existing breeds of birds, and even more difficult to sell them.
I cannot really see this getting approval as the egg laying output of all rare breeds is known if you contact the breeders then they will tell you what you can expect in eggs over a laying cycle. This is why hybrids were developed to increase the egg laying ability of hens, it would have been difficult to say that the hybrids produced more eggs if the people doing the breeding didn't know what the output was from the existing breeds of birds, and even more difficult to sell them.
