Poultry | Crediton Milling

Free range eggs at Clayewater Farms in Devon

Post author:CMC Team
Post published:July 28, 2020
Post category:Poultry

Clayewater Farms is a family run business located in Devon, Supplying award-winning quality Free Range Eggs

How important water quality is to laying hens

Post author:Harriet Smith
Post published:March 4, 2020
Post category:Poultry

Crediton Milling was founded in 1964 to supply local farmers with animal feed. The business then continued to expand through the 60s and 70s and now into 2020. The mill…

How different factors influence egg size

Post author:Will White
Post published:March 4, 2020
Post category:Poultry

The amino acids lysine and methionine are two significant drivers of egg size in hens’ diets

New member of the poultry team

Post author:CMC Team
Post published:February 25, 2020
Post category:News / Poultry

Find out more about Crediton Milling in this months issue of NFU Poultry magazine and read about our new member of the team, Harriet Smith, who recently joined the poultry…

Beak trimming – a story from 2015

Post author:Will White
Post published:November 20, 2019
Post category:Poultry

This month I thought I would talk about beak trimming and the current position of the potential ban being brought into force. My next article will look into how this…

Ascaridia, Heterakis, Capillaria, Syngamus trachea, Gape worm

Post author:Andrew Power
Post published:August 12, 2019
Post category:Health / Poultry

Worms pose a constant challenge to poultry, and this year has proved no different. The more common types of worm - Ascaridia, Heterakis, Capillaria, Syngamus trachea, Gape worm all live…

Egg Peritonitis

Post author:Andrew Power
Post published:February 14, 2018
Post category:Animal Nutrition / Poultry

The weather has been horrendous and we have seen problems associated with birds trudging through the soaked ranges. It is inevitable that the birds that go out onto the range will drink from the muddy puddles and ingest a host of bugs that can affect bird health. Probably the biggest cause of death in laying birds is egg peritonitis or E.coli peritonitis and the drinking of that dirty, infected water certainly doesn’t help! The term egg peritonitis actually covers disorders of the egg-laying tract including impaction of the oviduct, peritonitis and infection of the oviduct. E.coli, however, tends to be the bug that kills the bird.

Eggs – ‘Natures Superfood’

Post author:Andrew Power
Post published:May 23, 2017
Post category:Poultry

Eggs are a very versatile product and they can be used in many forms, from cooking eggs alone by various methods, or using eggs to bind other foods together. We have a very strong and growing egg market here in the South West which is something to be very proud of so eating eggs regularly can only strengthen our industry as well as yourself! Top tip... A fresh egg will sink in water, a stale one will float!