chicks are sorted onto separate conveyor belts. here at australia's largest hatchery, they've been genetically modified to make the males a different colour than the females, allowing for quick sorting. unable to ever produce eggs themselves and a completely different breed to the chickens used for meat...
in co-operative ambit. the majority of the animals are crossbred jersey animals and the average yield per animal is around litres per day. to enhance the per animal yield semen from high genetic merit (hgm) bulls are used for artificial insemination (ai). focus is also given on nutrition aspect and...