HISEX BROWN

CAGE HOUSING
Excellent shell strength
Strong dark brown eggs
High productivity
Superb persistency
THE OUTSTANDING Laying Period
80 90 100
weeks weeks weeks
HISEX LAYER Livability (%) 94 93 92

Age at 50% production 143 143 143

Wim Hendrix was the founder of
Hendrix Fabrieken N.V., a company Peak of production (%) 97.0 97.0 97.0

which grew to become one of the Average egg weight (G) 61.5 61.8 62.0

largest private cattle, poultry and pig

Eggs hen housed 375 429 480
feed compounders in The Netherlands.
Egg mass hen housed (kg) 23.1 26.5 29.8

He was a real entrepreneur, and in addition

Average feed intake (g/day) 114 113 112
to the growth in the feed business he also
saw opportunities to develop an animal health Cum. feed conversion rate (kg/kg) 2.10 2.11 2.13

company (Intervet) and to introduce genetically

Body weight (g) 1944 1950 1950
superior layers to the European market
(Euribrid in 1951). Shell strength (g/cm2) 4200 4200 4200

Shell color (lab) 11.0 11.0 11.0

Together with Ir. Guust van den Eijnden, a
graduate in genetics of Wageningen Agricultural Haugh units 83 83 83
University, they believed that hybrid layers
were the future, and they remained determined
to introduce them to the European market,
despite resistance from established breeders.
The Hisex Brown is an exceptionally
Breeding programs were developed for layers efficient brown egg layer, producing strong
(Hisex), broilers (Hybro) and pigs (Hypor) and dark brown eggs with excellent shell
the Hisex lines, developed and introduced in the strength. An ideal layer for a high number of
1960s, demonstrated excellent egg quality. first quality, medium sized, table eggs.

In 1998 Euribrid agreed to merge the Hisex layer
breeding activities in a joint venture with Hendrix
Poultry Breeders. This enabled them to expand
their joint market position, to share knowledge
and to create the opportunity to become the
world leader in animal genetics.
The Hisex Brown delivers predictable and
proven profits for egg producers due to its
superb egg quality. Combining high peak
production and excellent laying persistency,
the Hisex Brown is a proven performer.
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Hendrix Genetics
P.O. Box 114, 5830 AC Boxmeer, The Netherlands-EU
hisex@hendrix-genetics.com
hisex.com