O caderno de seleção Elsanor — nossas observações e métodos de criador selecionador, compartilhados com total transparência.
Behind every chick that joins your coop, there is a method. At Elsanor, starting a batch is never improvised: it follows a precise, written protocol, applied day after day — becaus…
Ler o artigo →A purebred-hen selective breeder's goal is to improve a line, or at least maintain it, or even recreate it — with, in the end, the safeguarding of our genetic heritage as close as …
Ler o artigo →Creating a new variety means bringing out a colour that does not yet exist within a breed. Given the number of existing varieties, creating a truly non-existent one is almost impos…
Ler o artigo →Raising your own chicks is a wonderful adventure, provided you give them the right conditions from the start. Here is our method, proven on our farm, for a successful start. A star…
Ler o artigo →The arrival of new hens is a step to prepare with care. Here is the method we recommend so your purebred birds acclimatise calmly to their new home. The first week Siphon drinker F…
Ler o artigo →At Elsanor we distinguish two types of hens: purebred laying hens, which we select and produce on our farm, and industrial laying hens, which we buy from selected groups in Brittan…
Ler o artigo →The hatchery is a vital link in a breeding operation. As ours is still developing, my aim is to make it a suitable, simple, effective and reassuring tool, delivering good hatchabil…
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