From farmers for farmers: When it's all about the big picture

Organic poultry breeding

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Today, agriculture largely uses farm animals that have been bred for conventional forms of husbandry.

 

Many decades of intensive breeding work have produced top-performing animals on both non-organic and organic farms.

 

On the one hand, this leads to economic potential for farms and companies, but on the other hand it also results to a number of ethical problems.

 

We at ÖTZ show a different way with our animals. We do not claim to want to do everything better. Nor can we do everything better. Nor is everything easier with us. But in view of climate change, the loss of species diversity and the demand for greater animal welfare, it is essential that we update our understanding of livestock farming.

 

For this update, we select our animals carefully, holistically, healthily and efficiently:

  • for a rural agriculture
  • for organci right from the start
  • for animal welfare and more respect for life itself
  • for a climate friendly ecological circular economy,
  • for a diverse animal husbandry
Focus on the essentials

Breeding goals,
that matter

For a succesfull organic poultry breeding we have to get our priorities straight.

 

we focus on the essential:

We breed animals that can do both.

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ÖTZ Bresse Gauloise

meaty / pure breed

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ÖTZ Coffee

balanced | old breeding line

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ÖTZ cream

balanced | old breeding line

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ÖTZ Caramel

balanced | conservation breeding

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Because it's about the big picture

what does organic poultry breeding mean?

Animal breeding has an influence on agricultural practice and the quality of the food produced. Our craft is a combination of traditional animal breeding methods, organic farming from the outset and a farmer's holistic understanding of quality.

 

We select animals that meet the requirements of a rural and organic farming and can be fed with regionally grown feed. Resource conservation and the respectful treatment of our livestock and livelihood are of particular concern to us.

Our breeding stock live under organic certified circumstances in herds with a lot of outrund and lots of fresh air.

We work with traditional breeding lines and therefore contribute to maintain biodiversity.

We rely on natural mating, without the usual artificial insemination.

Instead of keeping animals in single cages, we use transponder-based hand trap nest control.

Our animals should be productive, healthy and suitable for feeding with regional feed. This makes them perfect for use on farms.

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