Crop fill assessment is one of the measures of determining the comfort of the birds in the brooder.

Crop fill assessment is when a poultry attendant or farmer massages the crop of a chick to determine whether the chicks have familiarized with the feed and water.

Making a crop fill assessment helps us to judge appetite development in the chicks, health and to avoid a compromised growth rate.

It also helps to improve flock growth rate uniformity, and productivity.

With a poor crop fill, farmers experience high mortality, poor growth rate, more small and weak chicks.

This podcast is also available as a blog post here: https://zaszambia.wordpress.com/2021/07/25/the-importance-of-assessing-crop-fill-in-the-brooder/