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Shaver
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Shaver is a commercial poultry genetics brand originating in Canada, historically famous for white- and brown-egg layer hybrids and also associated with broiler breeding lines through corporate poultry groups. Shaver layers were selected for high egg output, uniform size, and efficiency in intensive and barn systems. As with other industrial layer hybrids, bird meat is secondary: spent hens provide lean, mild flesh for processing and moist cookery, while any broiler-line Shaver genetics target conventional fast-growing carcasses. Fresh market identity is usually generic chicken rather than the Shaver brand name.
Also known as: Shaver, Shaver, Shaver
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History
Donald McQueen Shaver began poultry breeding work in Ontario that developed into Shaver Poultry Breeding Farms.
Shaver hybrids gained international attention for white-egg performance and export of parent stock.
Global distribution established Shaver as a major layer brand across Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas.
Corporate acquisitions integrated Shaver genetics into larger multinational poultry breeding organisations.
Shaver-branded layer packages continued in various markets under successive owner breeding portfolios.
Shaver lines remained part of the commercial hybrid landscape for egg producers seeking proven industrial performance.