Most commercial hatcheries have breeder farms where the parent stock - birds producing eggs for hatching are reared. In these farms, several factors are considered including ratio of cocks to hens ...
The chicks, which can walk and feed themselves just hours after hatching ... the number of birds that return to Britain to breed. WWT's Godwit "head-starting" work - in which eggs are collected ...
Brood parasitic birds lay their eggs in the nests of ... cuckoos), the eviction of all host eggs by the early-hatching parasites (cuckoos), or the killing of host hatchlings by parasitic ...
“A single dead bird is not of concern ... expanding its poultry ban to include all live poultry imports and hatching eggs from Hawaii, effective immediately. “This ban applies to live poultry ...