Published on Aug. 27, 2024
Mill Farm Eggs Join The Dekalb White 500 Egg Club – Again!
Congratulations to Mill Farm Eggs on two more excellent results with Dekalb White flocks.
Located at Pen-Y-Bont, near Oswestry in Shropshire, farming goes back over several generations of the Roberts family. Now producing eggs for Stonegate, alongside running his own contract pullet rearing business, Nigel is one of the growing numbers of white bird enthusiasts and was one of the first members of the Dekalb White 500 Club.
Following that success Nigel is now celebrating two more outstanding flock performances.
“We house the birds in two flatbed sheds” Nigel adds “and at 100 weeks we have achieved 508.8 eggs per bird in one house and an incredible 526 eggs per bird over 102 weeks in the other unit!”
In 2020, Nigel ordered his first flock of Dekalb White birds - convinced that the high egg numbers, longer cycles and excellent feed conversion made both a strong welfare case and a convincing financial argument for white eggs. “The Dekalb White birds do exactly what it says on the tin. We save money by having fewer turnarounds and the latest flocks have been brilliant. We are very happy with our white birds - there are others around, but we intend to stick with Dekalb White birds.
“Enrichment is vital to the welfare of the birds and so we add extensive perching in the flat deck houses. We also pay extra attention to diet and supplements, recognising the needs of birds that are now laying for 100 weeks. I am happy to admit we are focused on having a high attention to detail and it seems to pay off, with the birds performing so well.”
The Dekalb White is one of the globally successful layer breeds from Hendrix Genetics, a global multi species breeding company. With parent stock farms in the UK, and results demonstrated by years of commercial flock data, the Dekalb White is hatched and distributed in the UK - by Joice and Hill.
Easy to manage, feed efficient and with a very controllable egg size and flat profile, the Dekalb White can lay more than 500 eggs over a 100-week cycle. It is the UK market leader and widely regarded as the most productive layer in the world.
