From a good start to a strong finish: A standout cycle for a free-range flock

From a good start to a strong finish: A standout cycle for a free-range flock

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Columnist Jimmy Smith is a former banker, now a poultry and arable farmer. Photo: Henk Riswick

Towards the end of the recently completed cycle, our layer farm manager resigned. We had 6 weeks to find a replacement, and fortunately, we succeeded.
He started with great enthusiasm, and after a few weeks, I have a good feeling about it. The free-range hens produced over 88 weeks more than 16.6 million eggs, or 422 eggs per hen housed. In the final week, production was still at 82%, with hardly any floor eggs. This was our fourth flock of hens and the best-performing one so far. Loading th

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