THE BROILER HATCHING EGG SECTOR IS A HIGHLY SPECIALIZED INDUSTRY THAT IS AT THE FOUNDATION OF CANADA'S CHICKEN INDUSTRY
In 2024, British Columbia produced over 9,529,000 dozen broiler hatching eggs valued at an estimated $70.7 million. That contributed to the 266.3 million kilograms (live weight) of chicken produced for consumption in our province.
British Columbia is the third largest hatching egg producing province supplying approximately 15% of the Canadian market share.
The hatching egg producers throughout the province boast family owned farms and practice strict protocols for safe, healthy, happy birds.
2025 July Newsletter
Date: 4 July 2025
Industry information (AgriStability - Enrolment Deadline Extended to July 31, 2025 Save the Date – Open Producer Meeting September 16, 2025, General Order AIV 2024-01 for Commercial Poultry Lifted, Register for Poultry in Motion Ambassador Training, Strategic Priorities – Upcoming Stakeholder Consultation, Reminder – Producer Responsibility for Load Out Reports); Pricing; Production, Placement for Second Year of Quota Cycle; On-Farm (Biosecurity status RED, Newcastle Update, BCPA Tools and Technology Survey, Confidential Biosecurity Assessment for Producers, Barn Specifications Reminder, CHEP Agriskills.) Thank you.
2025 June Newsletter
Date: 6 June 2025
Industry information ( Save the Date – Open Producer Meeting June 17, 2025, Talk. Ask. Listen - June 17, 2025, AgriStability 2025 – Enrolment Deadline Extended to July 31, 2025, Save the Date – Hatching Egg Producers’ and Chicken Growers’ Picnic July 2, 2025, Save the date - Producer Only Meeting September 16, 2025, New Research Articles from the Canadian Poultry Research Council, BCBHEC Producer Website Updates, Reminder – Producer Responsibility for Load Out Reports, On-Farm Technician); Pricing; Production, Placement for Second Year of Quota Cycle, Rebalancing Domestic Egg Flow, Quota & Placement Sheets; On-Farm (Biosecurity status RED, Confidential Biosecurity Assessment for Producers, Barn Specifications Reminder, CHEP Agriskills.) Thank you.
Amending Order 35 - A196 Pricing
Date: 30 May 2025
Tags: pricing
Subsections 1(2) and 3(1) of this amending order come into effect on June 1, 2025. Subsections 1(1) and 2(1) of this amending order come into effect on June 22, 2025.
2025 May Newsletter
Date: 2 May 2025
Industry information (2025 BCBHEC Election Results Announcement, Save the Date – Open Producer Meeting June 17, 2025, AgriStability 2025 – Enrolment Deadline Extended to July 31, 2025, Save the Date – Hatching Egg Producers’ and Chicken Growers’ Picnic July 2, 2025, CHEP Submission on U.S. Tariffs, Annual Report Enhanced with Statistics & Quota Information, BCBHEC Producer Website Updates, Reminder – Producer Responsibility for Load Out Reports, On-Farm Program Summer Student, Production Coordinator); Pricing; Production, Placement for Second Year of Quota Cycle, Rebalancing Domestic Egg Flow, Quota & Placement Sheets; On-Farm (Biosecurity status RED, Confidential Biosecurity Assessment for Producers, Barn Specifications Reminder, CHEP Agriskills.) Thank you.
The benefits of managed supply of the hatching egg industry are highlighted in its stability and strategies deployed for AI, supply and demand, and over the health of the public and poultry production.