Hy-Line<\/a> Brown day-old chicks \u2014 renowned for their high performance, efficiency, and suitability for modern egg production systems.<\/p>\nWith more than 50 million laying hens and growing, Poland represents one of the largest and most dynamic egg markets in Europe. Verbeek has been active in the Polish layer market since 2012 and has built a reputation for delivering quality, reliability, and value. Becoming part of the EW Group\u2019s European Layer Distribution Group through acquisition extended Verbeek\u2019s portfolio to include Hy-Line genetics recently, paving the way for this exciting local investment.<\/p>\n
Building for the future<\/p>\n
The journey to a local hatchery began with the 2023 acquisition of a former Hubbard parent stock hatchery. Construction on the new facility began in autumn 2024, and in less than a year, the site has been transformed into a modern hatchery equipped with the latest Petersime incubation systems, advanced ventilation technology, and top-tier hygiene standards \u2014 meeting the expectations of Poland\u2019s large-scale egg producers, where deliveries of up to 150,000 female chicks at once are not uncommon.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis hatchery represents a long-standing goal for Verbeek,\u201d Gerrit Morren, managing director of Verbeek, said. \u201cWith our growing market share in Poland, it was essential to have a local production base. Combined with the proven genetic performance of Hy-Line Brown and our experienced, passionate team, we now have the complete foundation for sustainable growth in this key market.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Verbeek, a leading hatchery and supplier in the European laying poultry sector, officially opened its brand-new, state-of-the-art hatchery…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":101096,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[815,159,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-101095","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-genetics","8":"tag-genetics","9":"tag-science","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114934513063052046","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101095\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}