Hi-Pro Tips: Best feed for back yard farming Each day-old A-Grade chick is fully vaccinated, then delivered in special temperature controlled trucks to our farmers and farm stores island wide.įor best results use our certified Hi-Pro Feeds and feeding program: They were given basic guidelines and they are operating in compliance with the requirements," Brown said.Hi-Pro chicks are hatched from eggs at the state-of-the art Best Dressed Chicken Hatchery in St. meetings with these community members and they applied for their licence. "I know of surveys done, particularly in St Mary, which has the largest number of backyard poultry farmers, who are licensed, and that was done through collaboration with the Rural Agricultural Development Authority. "What is happening now is that the public health inspectors are checking the communities to assist persons to come up to compliance," she said. The JAPHI head said that public health inspectors have been canvassing communities to assist backyard poultry farmers to adhere to food-safety standards.
Those who engage in those practices should really obtain a butcher's licence and the requirements would be outlined," she said.īrown said that the Government is moving to strengthen the legislative framework governing poultry farming through the promulgation of poultry hygiene regulations, which is now in the draft stage. "We are aware of backyard farming and chicken rearing and that persons may sell to other persons. President of the Jamaica Association of Public Health Inspectors (JAPHI), Karen Brown, speaking at a JIS Think Tank recently, said that while licensing is not mandatory for backyard poultry farmers, it is important in order to maintain public health and safety standards. Backyard poultry farmers are being encouraged to obtain butcher's licences.
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