Poultry Biosecurity Archives

Chemical Pest Control in Poultry Houses

chemical pest control in your poultry house

From darkling beetles to fleas, finding bugs in your poultry houses is never a fun experience. When it’s time to spray pest control, here are a few tips to ensure the pest control is effective and your birds are protected.

Poultry Farm Light Tips

Jason Jackson shares three tips for effectively and efficiently using lighting on a poultry farm.

NPIP Certified: 2022 Updates

the national poultry improvement plan interview

What is the NPIP, why is it important and what do you need to know about its new updates?

Genetic Selection and GMOs in Poultry

It's no secret that the birds you grow today are different than those grown 40 years ago. But why?

Poultry House Sanitation

One of the main threats to food safety on a poultry farm is the control room. Let's talk about how to properly sanitize your control room to maintain strong poultry biosecurity.

Poultry Farm Winter Preparation

poultry farm winter prep: winter is coming

Winter is coming! Prepare your poultry houses for cold weather with these winterizaiton tips.

Grower Spotlight: Growing Up on a Poultry Farm

interview with the son of a poultry farmer

We've done a few grower spotlights in the past that highlight a poultry farmer who shares his story. But what about the son of a grower, someone who grew up with his dad raising chickens?

Poultry Farm Tips

After talking to countless growers across the country, we've gathered some simple poultry farming tips that anyone can use around their poultry farm.

Poultry House Ventilation Maintenance: Pulleys and Belts

We all know that birds need food and water. But they need air, too! If you're going to take good care of your birds, you have to take good care of your ventilation system.

Viruses and Bacteria in Poultry- What's the Difference?

We’re going over some tiny menaces that can threaten your birds’ health: Viruses and bacteria.

Cultural and Environmental Pest Control in Poultry Farms

environmental pest control for poultry houses

Your poultry house has everything pests need to thrive. Here are some environmental pest management measures you can take to make your farm a less hospitable place for rodents and bugs.

Hepatitis in Chickens- Commercial Poultry Farming

Inclusion body hepatitis in chickens is all about the liver. You can't treat it reactively, but there are methods to prevent IBH and help your birds get through it.

Cool Cell Pads in Poultry Houses

With warmer weather settling in for the summer, keeping cool is on everyone’s mind. From greenhouses to poultry farms, cooling cell systems are at the heart of heat abatement strategies.

Fighting Dermatitis in Chickens: A Grower Spotlight

fight dermatitis in poultry grower spotlight

Shanon, a poultry farmer in GA, shares his story of carrying on his grandfather's legacies, risking it all and overcoming dermatitis without losing the farm.

How To Fix Potholes in Gravel Driveway - What You're Missing

how to fix potholes on a gravel driveway

In this video, Mike makes a guest appearance to explain the important step many people miss when fixing potholes on a gravel driveway.

Solar Panels for Farm Buildings

Installing solar photovoltaic panels converts thermal energy into electricity. When you harvest the energy from a solar PV system to power your farm, you can save some serious money on your energy bills!

Our Secret Ingredient: Fulvic Acid Liquid

secret ingredient- fulvic acid for poultry

People love finding out the "secret ingredient." We'll tell you our secret ingredient straight up: fulvic acid.

5 Things that make Poultry Farmers Say Huh?!

Have you ever received any unsolicited advice from another poultry grower? Or worse- have you been written up by a service tech for something that really makes you say... "huh?!"

Big ole Bird Ingredients

Over the course of time, we have been asked often "what are the ingredients in Big ole Bird?" Despite our open and honest reply, many people are confused...

Poultry Farmers- Take a Break!

Poultry farmers work so hard all year 'round. Feeding the world is a huge task! In this video, Allen has one message of encouragement to you: Take a break!

Farm tax exemption- Keep your money

At the end of the day it's not how much you make, it's how much you keep!

Farming and the Gospel: From Georgia to Nicaragua

Sarah perfectly exemplifies core Southland values: Serve with purpose and lead the way. She's a missionary in Nicaragua who helps educate on the intersection of agriculture and the gospel.

Using our Products for Poultry Farming in Winter

Poultry farming in winter can be tough. Cold air enters your poultry house, air and floor temperatures change and keeping your house warm becomes more expensive.

Tractor Maintenance: Keep Your Operation Running Smoothly

Tractor maintenance is the key to keeping your operation running smoothly. As some farmers say, "If you don't make time for tractor maintenance, it will make time for you."

Warm Wishes of Hope for Poultry Farmers

Merry Christmas! Wishes of hope and joy from Allen Reynolds to commercial poultry farmers.

Poultry Farm LED Lighting

We had the pleasure of talking to Jason Jackson, our friend and poultry farmer in Alabama, about LED lighting in poultry houses. Jason is a big fan of LED bulbs- his farm runs on about 1,200 of them!

Farm Security Cameras

Aside from monitoring for theft, a farm security system can help you know who has visited to your farm and when they arrive and leave. Simply knowing when the feed truck arrives and which bin it fills can be really helpful!

Poultry Farming Equipment

If you have a poultry farm, you know that your operation requires very specific equipment. We went to the 2021 Sunbelt Ag Expo in Moultrie, Georgia to interview poultry equipment experts on some of the best tools to have in your poultry house.

Electric Motor Maintenance

Electric motor maintenance is essential to the longevity of a successful farm and a reliable operation. Performing maintenance regularly can save you loads of time and money!

Septic Tank Treatment for Farmers

If you have a farm, you probably have a septic tank. And if you have a septic tank, you definitely need a septic tank treatment.

Broiler Chicken Water Consumption

Broiler chickens' water has a huge impact on their overall health and performance. When troubleshooting issues with your flock, start with the basics and consider water consumption and quality.

Happy National Chicken Month!

September is National Chicken Month. We take this as an opportunity to celebrate poultry growers in the U.S.A. and across the globe.

Chicken Litter as Fertilizer: Do's and Don't's

Chicken litter can be an excellent fertilizer! It makes good use of something you may already have on your farm. You can use it yourself or make extra cash selling it to others. But too much of a good thing can be a bad thing. Check out this video to learn about the major risk you should consider before using litter as a fertilizer, and some methods to mitigate this risk.

The Big Catch: Commercial Poultry

In this video, our poultry grower friend Jason Jackson shares with us his best tips for a successful and safe catch night!

Inside the Life of a Commercial Poultry Grower

We were thrilled to have the opportunity to sit down with Joey Rhodes to talk about his lifelong experience in the Georgia poultry industry. Allen interviewed Joey on his broiler farm- the same farm where his family grew eggs commercially in the 70s. Check out this video to get an inside look on the life of a commercial poultry grower.

Sustainable Commercial Farming

debunking the term factory farm. chicken.

Poultry Vitamins for Better Performance

With 10 key vitamins and minerals including folic acid, Vitamin D3 and Biotin, Catalyst provides the perfect nutritional boost for any flock. Here, Allen explains more about Catalyst and how to apply it to improve your flock.

Insurance for Commercial Poultry Farms

What is one thing you never want to think about but are grateful to have when you need it? INSURANCE. Learn how to use it to protect your farm from harm.

Runt and Stunt: Deadly Poultry Virus

Runt and Stunt is also known as Malabsorption Syndrome. It boils down to nutrient absorption. Nutrient absorption is what is needed to help the bird fight the “virus/disease” but the virus prevents nutrient absorption.

Factory Farm: Debunking the Term

“Factory Farm”-- what it means, why it’s used, and why it shouldn’t be!

Grower's Spotlight: So you Want to Build a Chicken House

So you want to build a chicken house. Whether you're a rookie or a seasoned professional, there is an extensive process that all commercial growers go through when building a new house.

Avian Stress: Factors, Effects and Abatement

There are numerous things that can cause stress in your birds. Heat, light, overcrowding, ventilation, noise, fear, lack of food, nutritional deficiencies, disease, infection, and on and on. In this video we want to take a quick look at two distinct types of stress and their impact on your birds.