The Fowl Frontier: Poultry Science Unplucked

How vocalizations can help understand duck behavior and improve performance

Dr. Greg Fraley knows a thing or two about ducks and behavior, and he shared some insights on how farmers and producers can use vocalizations to help with modern poultry production, from stress, to production to identifying diseases or other problems.   Also, if you listened to this episode or any of the others please fill out this short survey share your opinions!   https://uark.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9nMAw6d6RE9vbYa [https://uark.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9nMAw6d6RE9vbYa]

Lights for Commercial Poultry

If you listened to this episode please help out the and take a short 3 question survey to let us know your thoughts.  https://uark.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9nMAw6d6RE9vbYa Dr. Greg Fraley professor at Purdue University joins me for this episode to give insights into the complicated world of poultry vision and how lighting affects behavior, welfare, productivity, even worker health.

Feeding behavior of 0 to 7 day old broiler chicks: what matters most; location within the barn, structure or feeder type?

If you listened to this episode please help us out and take a short 3 question survey to let us know your thoughts.  https://uark.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9nMAw6d6RE9vbYa  New research at the University of Arkansas reveals insights into early chick feeding behavior, including location, structure and feeder type preferences of broiler chicks from 0 to 7 days of age.  Emily has successfully defended her master's thesis and is working diligently on preparing her manuscripts for publication, but before she leaves for the outside world, she sat down with me to go over her findings.

Litter Management with Dr. Scott McKenzie

If you listened to this episode please help us out and take a short 3 question survey to let us know your thoughts.  https://uark.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9nMAw6d6RE9vbYa  On this episode Dr. Scott McKenzie joins me and we discuss all things poultry litter management, with a fairly significant focus on ammonia control and pathogen reduction.

The chemistry of biosecurity

If you listened to this episode please help us out and take a short 3 question survey to let us know your thoughts.  https://uark.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9nMAw6d6RE9vbYa  It's been a minute but I'm back!  On this episode Dr. Scott McKenzie joins me and we discuss biosecurity from a different angle.  Dr. McKenzie is a trained toxicologist and an expert in the chemistry of biosecurity.  We discuss dry vs. wet foot baths, dilutions, cold weather effects and other topics.  You don't want to miss this episode.