THE BROILER HATCHING EGG INDUSTRY IS A HIGHLY SPECIALIZED INDUSTRY THAT IS AT THE FOUNDATION OF CANADA'S CHICKEN INDUSTRY
In 2020, British Columbia produced over 10,523,000 dozen hatching eggs valued at over $66 million. That contributed to the 187 million kilograms of eviscerated chicken produced for consumption in our province.
British Columbia is the third largest hatching egg producing province supplying 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.
Update re BCBHEC Draft Pricing Proposal
Date: 14 January 2022
A few updates to the draft pricing decision of BCBHEC distributed widely on Tuesday, January 11, 2022:
A Report to Stakeholders by Wendy Holm, BCFIRB Pricing Liaison; BCCMB Pricing Proposal; stakeholder feedback and submission deadline of February 4, 2022.2022-01-07 BCBHEC Draft Pricing Proposal
Date: 11 January 2022
Hatching Egg Sector Proposed COP-Based Pricing Package: includes joint cover letter with BCCMB to the Chicken Industry, and the full draft pricing decision.
January 2022 Newsletter
Date: 7 January 2022
January 2022 Newsletter: Disease alert; lay cycle length; biosecurity status moved to yellow; placement date/number changes; COGA sessions; draft final COP-based pricing proposal package; COVID-19
2022 Strategic Planning - Invitation to Comment
Date: 23 December 2021
On October 25-27, 2021, the BC Broiler Hatching Egg Commission conducted its strategic planning session for 2022. The Chair of the BC Chicken Marketing Board and the Chair and members of the Commission’s Pricing and Production Advisory Committee (PPAC) – representing mainstream and specialty producers, hatcheries, and the Chicken Board – attended part of the session to provide comment on the Commission’s initial draft of its 2022 strategic plan...
The benefits of managed supply of the hatching egg industry are highlighted in the industry's stability and strategies deployed for AI, supply and demand, and over the health of the public and poultry production.