The agricultural engineer and trained farmer has dedicated herself to the management of horned cattle and advising farms on the conversion from hornless to horned cattle. So it makes sense that Mabelle is our contact person for precisely this area. On top of this, she supports the development of the cattle breeding area with all additional topics. 

Marion & Marcel Cramme | Dustin Eberhardt | Manuel Grün: Our power team at the breeding site works around the clock and is passionate about looking after our valuable parental herdsElterntiere (im Kontext der Tierzucht) sind speziell ausgewählte Tiere, die zur Fortpflanzung eingesetzt werden, um genetische Merkmale gezielt an die Nachkommen weiterzugeben. Sie bilden die Basis für die Züchtung von Tieren mit gewünschten Eigenschaften, wie etwa hoher Leistung, Gesundheit, Robustheit oder spezifischen Merkmalen. Merkmale von Elterntieren: Einsatz in der Zucht: Elterntiere können in verschiedenen Zuchtprogrammen verwendet werden, z. B. in der Reinzucht oder Kreuzungszucht. Gezielte Auswahl: Elterntiere werden nach bestimmten Kriterien ausgewählt, wie genetischer Vielfalt, Fruchtbarkeit, Gesundheit oder Leistung. Genetische Weitergabe: Sie tragen die Gene, die in einer Zuchtlinie oder Population verstärkt werden sollen.Their tasks include animal inspections, recording data on individual laying performance with modern manual nest monitoring, monitoring feed and watering technology and the climate in the poultry house, maintaining the green runs and pens and commissioning hatching egg orders.

Complex questions? Just his thing! The trained chef and nutritionist throws himself into every challenge - whether it's hatchery sales, quality assurance, guideline work or seemingly unsolvable legal, technical and organizational issues, Sebastian will find a solution! 

From seed patents to the marketing of brother animals - Lisa, a trained wholesale merchant and law graduate, is our expert for the brother animals calf and rooster. She is also the contact person for ÖTZ employees and is responsible for internal project controlling.

Coming from Bauckhof, Marlene was born into agriculture. As a prospective agricultural business economist for organic farming, she manages the ÖTZ breeding site and is responsible for coordination and all matters relating to animal care, hatching egg production and animal inspection.

Already during her agricultural training on a poultry farm, it was clear that Pauline is at home in the world of innovation, sustainability and chickens. Since 2021, she has been accompanying and documenting all breeding and parent stock hatchings at ÖTZ and is your contact person for chicken husbandry and feeding.

Maria manages our public relations work and takes care of the ÖTZ website and social media. She is responsible for the graphic design and production of information and management materials and is the contact person in this area.

Lara speaks the language of programmers, accountants and certifiers. She is our specialist in the back office and is particularly responsible for our website and data maintenance.

As a geneticist, Kerstin prepares the breeding value assessments of our breeding stockElterntiere (im Kontext der Tierzucht) sind speziell ausgewählte Tiere, die zur Fortpflanzung eingesetzt werden, um genetische Merkmale gezielt an die Nachkommen weiterzugeben. Sie bilden die Basis für die Züchtung von Tieren mit gewünschten Eigenschaften, wie etwa hoher Leistung, Gesundheit, Robustheit oder spezifischen Merkmalen. Merkmale von Elterntieren: Einsatz in der Zucht: Elterntiere können in verschiedenen Zuchtprogrammen verwendet werden, z. B. in der Reinzucht oder Kreuzungszucht. Gezielte Auswahl: Elterntiere werden nach bestimmten Kriterien ausgewählt, wie genetischer Vielfalt, Fruchtbarkeit, Gesundheit oder Leistung. Genetische Weitergabe: Sie tragen die Gene, die in einer Zuchtlinie oder Population verstärkt werden sollen. To do this, she collects vast amounts of figures and data in order to derive valuable information for selecting the best breeding animals for the next generation.

As a trained administrative specialist and former public authority employee, Miri has been supporting ÖTZ since 2021 as a contact person for the 1-cent and brand partnerships, in the area of accounting, as an assistant to the management she is taking care of everything around our main office.

Joachim is a trained farmer and former advertising agency owner with many years of experience in sales marketing. He has been supporting ÖTZ out of conviction since 2022. As the link between marketing and sales, he is always good for a surprise when he brings his creativity to our meetings. Joachim also organizes and supervises our trade fairs and events.

Born in Thuringia, Annett's green heart beats for our environment and especially for animals (especially dogs and chickens). Annett is responsible for looking after the animals and distributing hatching and table eggs at the breeding site.

Carsten has been part of the management team since 2022 and is responsible for all financial, IT and administrative matters. He has been in charge of setting up the new cattle breeding division at ÖTZ since the beginning of 2021. In addition to the content and strategic direction of the cattle breeding division, he is also responsible for project development. As an experienced expert and animal geneticist, he also carries out breeding value assessments for poultry and advises on breeding planning.