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Poultry Marketplace
Primary Poultry Breeders of
| Egg Layers | Broilers | Turkeys | Ducks | Geese |
Commercial Strains
Egg Layers
The order of the breeders listed below is not
representative of their size or market shares.
| Parent Company | Breeder | Commercial Strains |
|---|---|---|
| Merial | ISA | ISA Brown |
| Shaver | Starcross 566 (white) | |
| Shaver White | ||
| Shaver 2000 | ||
| Starcross 579/Shaver Brown | ||
| Babcock | B300/ISA White | |
| B380 (brown) | ||
| Hubbard | Golden Comet (brown) | |
| Lohmann-Wesjohann Group | H&N | Nick Chick (white) |
| Brown Nick (brown) | ||
| Tint Nick | ||
| Hy-Line | W-36 | |
| W-77 | ||
| W-98 | ||
| Hy-Line Brown | ||
| Hy-Line Silver Brown | ||
| H-Gray T | ||
| Lohmann Tierzucht | Lohmann White-LSl | |
| Lohmann Brown | ||
| Lohmann Silver Brown | ||
| Lohmann Tinted | ||
| Toshoku | Dekalb | Dekalb XL (white) |
| Dekalb Delta White | ||
| Dekalb Beta (white) | ||
| Dekalb Amber | ||
| Dekalb Black | ||
| Dekalb Gold | ||
| Nutreco | Euribrid | Hisex White |
| Hisex Brown | ||
| Hendrix Poultry Breeders | Hendrix | Bovans White |
| Bovans Brown | ||
| Bovans Goldline | ||
| Bovans Nera | ||
| Anak | Anak | Yaffa Colour Sex B |
| Yarkon Tint T | ||
| Hungarian State-owned | Babolna | Tetra-SL |
| Harco | ||
| Dominant Ltd. | Dominant | Dominant brown D- 102 |
| Dominant white D-529 | ||
| (also layer breeds for alternative farming) |
Broilers
The order of the breeders listed below is not
representative of their size or market shares.
| Parent Company | Breeder | Commercial Strains |
|---|---|---|
| Merial Ltd. | ISA | Vedette |
| ISA JA 57 | ||
| Acoblack P6N | ||
| ISA 20 | ||
| ISA 30 MPK | ||
| Shaver | Starbro | |
| Minibro | ||
| Redbro | ||
| Color-Pac | ||
| Tropicbro | ||
| Hubbard | Hubbard Hi-Y | |
| Hubbard Roaster | ||
| Hubbard Classic | ||
| Tyson Foods | Cobb | Cobb 500 |
| Cobb-Vantress | Cobb 500 Fast Feathering Female | |
| Cobb 500 Slow Feathering Female | ||
| Cobb 500 Male | ||
| Nutreco | Euribrid | Hybro N |
| Hybro G | ||
| Pilch | ||
| BC Partners | Ross | Ross 308 |
| Ross 208 | ||
| Ross 508 | ||
| Ross PM 3 | ||
| Ross Male | ||
| Indian River | ||
| Arbor Acres | AA broiler breeders | |
| Peterson Farms | Peterson | PM |
| PMM | ||
| PF | ||
| Avian Farms Inc. | Avian | Avian 24K female |
| Avian 34 female | ||
| Avian 43 female | ||
| Avian Maine Male | ||
| Anak | Anak | Anak-White B |
| Anak-40-Red | ||
| Dominant Ltd. | Dominant | Dominant Broiler Br-11 (white) |
| Dominant Broiler RED-22 (red) | ||
| Kabir Chicks Ltd. | Kabir | Labelle Rouge |
| Labelle Kabir | ||
| SK88 | ||
| K39 | ||
| Sasso | Sasso | 'Label Rouge' types |
| 'Farm Chicken' types |
Turkeys
The order of the breeders listed below is not representative of their size or market shares.
| Parent Company | Breeder | Commercial Strains |
|---|---|---|
| Nutreco | Hybrid | Hybrid Euro FP |
| Hybrid Medium | ||
| Hybrid Grade Maker (formerly Super Medium) | ||
| Hybrid Converter (formerly Large White) | ||
| BC Partners | Nicholas | 700 |
| Merial | BUT | BUT 8 |
| BUT 9 | ||
| BIG 5 | ||
| BIG 6 | ||
| BUTA | BIG 6 | |
| BIG 9 |
Ducks
The order of the breeders listed below is not representative of their size or market shares.
| Parent Company | Breeder | Breed | Commercial Strains |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nickerson Group | Cherry Valley | Pekin | SM2 (meat) |
| Pekin | CV 2000 (Egg Layer) | ||
| Grimaud Frères SA | Grimaud Frères | Muscovy | Canedins R-31 |
| Muscovy | Canedins R-41 | ||
| Muscovy | Canedins R-51 | ||
| Barbary | Canedins R-61 | ||
| Mule | Hytop | ||
| Pekin | Star | ||
| Broholm | Broholm | Broholm-Danduck | B 200 |
| L 220 | |||
| Sasso | Sepalm | Sepalm Mules | Albasters (F30A, F32A) |
| Ebonies (F30E, F32E) | |||
| Gringos (F30G, F32G) | |||
| Georg Stolle Group | Seddiner Zucht- und Mastenten GmbH | Pekin | Stolle Seddin Vital |
Geese
The order of the breeders listed below is not representative of their size or market shares.
| Parent Company | Breeder | Breed | Commercial Strains |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broholm | Broholm | Broholm-Dangeese | Quick Grower |
| Super Grower | |||
| Normal Grower | |||
| Compact Grower | |||
| Super Compact | |||
| Sasso | Sepalm | Sepalm Geese | Midgosling |
| Maxgosling |
