The common vetch is a legume with low requirements for soil type and water availability and a good weed suppression together with an intercropping partner, thereby recommending itself for organic agriculture, especially in view of climate change. The use of the protein-rich seeds of common vetch for poultry, however, is limited due to anti-nutritional factors (ANF). This study was conducted to examine the use of common vetch s...

The use of modern chicken genotypes with high egg or meat performance results in the ethically unacceptable practice of culling day-old male layer chicks because of their inefficient fattening performance. Dual-purpose genotypes with a balanced performance profile for eggs and meat are one option to avoid this practice. In this study, the performance of four crosses of a layer breed (White Rock or New Hampshire) and the meat b...