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Layer Vision, Issue 22 Now Available

All over the world, eggs continue to be an important source of protein. Affordable, nutritious and versatile, no matter your culture, eggs have a place on the global menu. However, each region has ...

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Insight on 2019 and beyond

As 2019 draws to a close and we enter a new decade in 2020, we’d like to reflect on past accomplishments and plans for the new year. Throughout another busy year, it has been an honor and a pleasur...

Ildex Indonesia 2019

We were pleased to be a part of Ildex Indonesia, a leading show for the Indonesian agriculture industry. The Hendrix Genetics booth exhibited our genetic brands for laying hens (ISA and Hisex) and ...

Schothorst Feed Research achieves 510,7 eggs

We’re pleased to highlight another successful flock that has surpassed 500 eggs per hen housed. Schothorst Feed Research is an independent research organization, based in the Netherlands, that deve...

What is Egg Quality

As a result of the large diversity in the potential uses of eggs and the subsequent demands of the consumer, it is quite a challenge to define egg quality according to everyone’s standard.

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Celebrating World Egg Day 2019

As members of the egg industry, we're proud to take a day to celebrate the power of the egg: World Egg Day 2019.

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Hisex and Dekalb win top prizes at the Northeast Brazilian Poultry Fair

We are proud to congratulate a number of Brazilian egg producers who recently won top prizes at the 2019 Northeast Poultry Fair.

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Layer Vision, Issue 21 Now Available

We have so many great stories to share from the last few months in the laying hen world.

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A multi-generational visit from Young Kong Farms

The Huang family, founders of Young Kong Farms, visited the Ploufragan head office in France.

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Eggs: Friend or Foe?

We know that eggs are a nutrient-dense food, a rich source of protein and essential vitamins and minerals, particularly vitamin D, vitamin B12, selenium and choline. However, scientific opinion on ...

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Hendrix Genetics outperform the competition in the 40th North Carolina Layer Performance and Management Test

The North Carolina Layer Performance and Management Test is an annual, independent trial meant to assist the poultry industry in evaluating the performance of the top commercial layer products in v...

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The importance of biosecurity

Biosecurity is taking measures to protect your birds from harmful biological agents, like viruses, bacteria, parasites, etc. In commercial poultry production, this generally means total confinement...

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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.

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!

End of Year Wishes

We hope that 2018 has been a successful year for you and your organization!

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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...

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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.

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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...

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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...

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...

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. 

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...

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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.

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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...

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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!

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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.  

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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 ...

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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.

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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. 

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Infection control at the molecular level

Incorporating forensic technology to catch AI early 

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Layer Vision

With the beginning of a new year, comes a new edition of our Layer Vision magazine. 

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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.

Ildex Jakarta, 18 - 20 October 2017

Last week the bi-annual tradeshow ILDEX took place in Jakarta.

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...

Hisex exhibited at VIV Russia

On May 23-25, VIV Russia was held in Moscow with attendees from the animal husbandry and processing industry.

Layer Vision

The new layer magazine from Hendrix Genetics, formally known as ISA Focus

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...

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.

Hisex Website Launch

We have recently launched a new Hisex website, featuring updated resources, images, and background on the brand history.