Ep 59 | From the Poultry Meat Conference 26: Water waste and heat stress: rethinking the broiler shed

Podcast: The Poultry Network Podcast · Jake Davies

Opublikowano: 2026-09-18

Are broiler drinkers delivering more water than birds can actually drink? Ziggity Systems’ André van Rij made that case at this year’s Poultry Meat Conference, questioning whether recommended flow rates leave farms dealing with unnecessary spillage—and whether catch cups introduce more problems than they solve. Recorded at the event, Jake Davies and Tom Woolman discuss his argument for removing catch cups and getting drinker height right. It challenges a familiar setup on UK broiler farms, although, as Tom points out, there are reasons producers adopted cups in the first place. Heat stress is another...