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News Overview
Feb. 1, 2019, by Madeline Musselman
Layer Vision, Issue 20 Now Available
In this issue of the Layer Vision, we hear many different perspectives on the amazing benefits of eggs. They are healthy, affordable, and available in every continent.
Jan. 7, 2019
Upcoming Trade Shows
Mark your calendar for these upcoming dates. Hendrix Genetics Layers representatives from technical services, genetics, and management will be available to meet at a trade show near you!
Dec. 19, 2018
End of Year Wishes
We hope that 2018 has been a successful year for you and your organization!
Oct. 15, 2018, by Paulien Rutten
Achieving good internal egg quality
Good internal egg quality can be defined by yolk color, albumen quality, and vitelline membrane strength. Genetics play an important role in resulting egg quality, but how do feed and management fa...
Oct. 12, 2018, by Madeline Musselman
Celebrating World Egg Day
As members of the egg industry, we're proud to take one day to celebrate the power of the egg: World Egg Day 2018.
Sept. 19, 2018, by Teun van de Braak
Introducing the "Eggxaminator"
The Eggxaminator is a brand new piece of technology that will enhance egg quality data collection even further than before. Created in collaboration with Hendrix Genetics Innovations and a tech par...
Sept. 18, 2018, by Rafael Lera
Nutrition and metabolism: Preventing fatty liver
With longer production cycles, maintaining a healthy liver is crucial for hen performance. Liver health is strongly linked to egg mass, eggshell quality, and persistency in lay. Veterinarian, Rafae...
Sept. 11, 2018
Hendrix Genetics Layers awarded AI Free Compartment status
All Hendrix Genetics Layers' breeding complexes, GPS farms, rearing farms, and hatcheries in the Netherlands have been awarded AI Free compartment status by the Dutch Food and Consumer Product Auth...
July 27, 2018
59th Egg Fair in Bastos Celebrates the Industry
The Bastos Egg Fair, in its 59th show, took place from July 12-14 and received thousands of visitors. Hisex’s distribution team was actively present to meet with members of the industry.
July 24, 2018
Hisex Exhibits at Indo Livestock
This year's exhibition at the Indo Livestock Trade Show was once again a successful event. The Hendrix Genetics/PT ISA Indonesia booth attracted many visitors, parent stock farmers, and egg produc...
July 17, 2018, by Marco de Almeida
Connection between bodyweight and future laying performance observed in Brazilian study
Hisex Brown birds were recently the subject of a study to show the correlation between bodyweight and performance.
June 27, 2018, by Paulien Rutten
How to feed layers for longer production cycles and high performance
When layers are kept in production for 100 weeks instead of 60 or 80 weeks, egg output and the associated export of nutrients is much higher. High performing birds need a perfect feeding strategy t...
June 21, 2018, by Madeline Musselman
New issue of Layer Vision magazine
This issue features technical resources, company updates, and customer stories from around the world. We hope you enjoy reading!
May 3, 2018, by Frans van Sambeek
Laying hens unlock natural defences to ward off disease
A new genetic link to the immune system in laying hens has been discovered that could result in laying hens being born resistant to many diseases.
April 26, 2018, by Paul Grignon Dumoulin
The importance of bodyweight management
Bodyweight management is an important parameter to track throughout the life of your birds. From day old to transfer, growth and organ development occurs at various ages. A lack of growth during a ...
March 26, 2018, by Joel Penduff
Successful Hisex seminars held in Taiwan
We were very honored to participate in a local seminar in Tainan and Taichun, Taiwan to support commercial layer customers.
March 21, 2018, by Johan van Arendonk
An insight into the Genetics Applied to Livestock Production World Congress
In February of this year, the World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production was held. Get to know the insights, trends and key outcomes of the event.
Jan. 10, 2018, by Elise Chasseignaux
Infection control at the molecular level
Incorporating forensic technology to catch AI early
Jan. 5, 2018, by Madeline Musselman
Layer Vision
With the beginning of a new year, comes a new edition of our Layer Vision magazine.
Dec. 7, 2017, by Yaroslav Nemirovsky
Succesful Sverdlovsky seminar in Russia
Almost 200 participants, 70 farms, 6 countries... "Sverdlovsky" - Russian JV of "Hendrix Genetics" - like proud mother-hen gathered its customers in St. Petersburg.
Oct. 24, 2017
Ildex Jakarta, 18 - 20 October 2017
Last week the bi-annual tradeshow ILDEX took place in Jakarta.
Oct. 17, 2017
Animal welfare - our responsibility to the entire protein supply chain
Enhancing the welfare of our layers is not just important for today’s end consumers and for a more transparent food supply chain, we believe it is also the right thing to do. For this reason, we ha...
June 5, 2017
Hisex exhibited at VIV Russia
On May 23-25, VIV Russia was held in Moscow with attendees from the animal husbandry and processing industry.
March 20, 2017
Layer Vision
The new layer magazine from Hendrix Genetics, formally known as ISA Focus
Jan. 10, 2017
Optimal Egg Shell Quality: Nutrition Essentials
Obtaining high eggshell quality is important for both table egg and hatching egg purposes. Genetic traits have an impact on egg quality, but following certain nutrition recommendations can take qua...
Dec. 22, 2016
New Hisex Branding
From November 15 - 18, 2016 the Eurotier exhibition took place in Hanover, Germany. Eurotier is the world’s leading trade fair for animal production.
Dec. 21, 2016
Hisex Website Launch
We have recently launched a new Hisex website, featuring updated resources, images, and background on the brand history.