Latest Market Trends of Cull Bird 11-01-2021, by , 253 Comments 3 Views Well, it isn't new for us to know the escalating growth in the poultry farming business. It is the fastest growing business in today's world with its growing demand day-by-day. It is economically stable and fruitful, and no business is ever going to fail if properly administered. Culling birds are nothing but birds used in home-cooking or non-laying or low producing hens in a poultry farm. Every poultry farm has more than 40% of culling hens, and of course, every year, new trends are being followed, and this year's market trends are: Cull Bird Market Trends 2021 This blog will discuss the latest trends associated with the cull bird in the poultry market. 1. Bleached Beak To identify a culling bird among thousands is a task at hand. But this trend became extremely famous mid-year when a lot of people took an interest in identifying a culling bird by its beak. It's also called color bleaching. A goof producing hen will have a bright beak. As the hen starts to lay less, its beak will start changing color. You will begin to notice the lower beak will change color faster than the upper one. A hen whose beak is completely bleached wouldn't have laid an egg for over four weeks. 2. Global Poultry Trade For the 5th time, consequently, the poultry trade prices for culling birds were up. It has increased by 2.2% this year and continuing to increase. The average export volume has increased by 3.6% across the world. That's why it has become very necessary to get price details of layer rates on daily basis as well as monthly basis. Despite the health concern, the demand for poultry never ceased to exist. 3. Market Pricing This year has seen a lot of adventurous and crazy things happening. The same did happen in the poultry as well. The prices of meat shot the highest and continue to grow. The price went 25% up compared to last year, and they demand sky-rocketed despite the Covid-19 outbreak. Not just culling birds, but the price of an egg also sky-rocketed. 4. Market Segmentation The Ministry of Agriculture is not behind in setting new trends for poultry farmers. There are talks about having market segmentation such as facility types, including container farms, indoor vertical farms, greenhouse, indoor deep water culture, and many others. This will help in the growth and better facilitation of birds on the farm. In general, there is modern technology, and planning to make sure the health of culling birds is better to avoid avian flu. 5. Commercial Broiler This was the worst trend among all. Due to the Covid-19 outbreak, many birds were forced to be culled even though they could still lay eggs because of the fear in people's minds that it would spread another disease. Also, because of the country's red zone, birds' transport was very difficult, and farms were forced to cull the birds to meet the demands. This was a compromise and nothing more being of the restrictions placed in the country. The above mentioned are some of the market trends of culling birds.