The egg-laying chicken farming model is gradually becoming one of the key models of the chicken farming industry. Egg production will begin when the chickens reach about 18-22 weeks of age. Egg laying rate will peak at about 90 to 95% 6 to 8 weeks later. Then egg production will gradually decrease to about 50 to 70% after 12 months of laying.
Therefore, it is very important to understand which factors affect the egg production of chicken flocks. This will help farmers keep their chicken flock at the highest productivity
CHICKEN VARIETY
– Dear friends and relatives. The most important step in determining the success or failure of a chicken farm for eggs is the BREEZE SELECTION step. Because it determines egg output and economic efficiency of farmers.
– Before buying breeds, you and your relatives need to research carefully about super-egg chicken breeds to choose good egg-laying chicken breeds that are adapted to the climatic conditions of your home region.
– Currently, there are many chicken breeds that can be raised for commercial eggs. But the most common ones that you and your relatives can refer to are the Egyptian chicken breed and the Luong Phuong chicken breed
– To have the highest and most productive flock of chickens, selecting pullets to lay is extremely important.
Chickens need to be uniform when laying, with a bright red comb, shiny feathers, and straight legs without deformities. During the raising process, you and your family should filter out chickens that do not meet the requirements such as: Chickens that are too fat, too thin, chickens with deformities, and underdeveloped combs because they will affect egg production productivity. of chicken.
LIGHT
-The egg production process is closely related to the change in day length. In egg-laying chicken farming, if you and your people use appropriate lighting, you can increase egg productivity by 7%. Laying hens need light from 14:00 to 16:00 a day.
-You and your relatives can install LED light bulbs to provide light for breeding chickens instead of using incandescent light bulbs. Because in reality, LED lights provide lighting that is more suitable to the needs of chickens. Chickens startle less, lay better, and save electricity for you and your family.
– For chickens preparing to lay, the lighting regime should be increased by 15 minutes compared to the pullet stage until it reaches 16 hours a day. Keep the lighting time 16 hours a day for 1 to 2 weeks. Then return to lighting 14 hours a day a week. Then increase the lighting time by 15 minutes a day each week until it reaches 16 hours a day.
-Just like that, with this lighting regime, chickens will produce good eggs, absorb food easily, and productivity and farming efficiency will increase.
FARMING DENSITY
-Raising density is one of the important factors for the reproduction of laying hens. If the stocking density is too high, it will negatively affect the chicken’s ability to grow and develop as well as egg production productivity. On the contrary, if the stocking density is too low, it will waste floor area.
-During the hot and humid season, if you and your relatives raise animals on the ground, you should raise them at a density of 3 birds/m2 for both males and females. In the cold and dry season, it can be raised at a density of 4 fish/m2.
-And to maintain farming density, you and your people should divide into farming pens of 300 – 500 fish/1 pen. This will avoid disease spread and uneven stocking density in the barn.
-To effectively improve the livestock environment, treat chicken farms to reduce barnyard odors, helping animals reduce diseases related to the digestive and respiratory tract. You and your relatives can use Sao Mai company’s probiotics to help treat barn floors such as: BIOLAC, BIOFARM, BIOBED. Beneficial microorganisms in these products will help increase the ability to decompose nutrients in waste, minimize the formation of odor-causing emissions, and minimize the growth conditions of groups of bacteria that cause odors. odors and main factors affecting the barn environment during the breeding process.
NUTRITION FOR LAYING CHICKENS
-Dear friends and relatives. Laying hens are very sensitive to fluctuations in feed quality. This is shown immediately in egg productivity. If chickens are supplemented with complete and balanced nutrition, they will have stable egg production for a long time. Therefore, you and your family need to find out what diet, nutrition or types of food are suitable for egg-laying chickens. And you don’t have to wait until the chickens are big to start focusing on their diet, but you need to plan their meals right from when the chickens are young.
-During the chicks and pullets stage, you and your relatives should feed the chickens food containing lots of minerals and protein because usually by 12 weeks of age, the chicken has a complete skeleton.
-During the laying phase: It is necessary to provide adequate and balanced nutrition for chickens to help them have stable egg productivity. Nutrition needs to ensure:
- About drinking water
Drinking water is very important for chickens. Above is the table of water needs for laying hens that the Dr.vet program offers. You and your relatives can watch on the screen:
-The amount of water will change greatly when the cage temperature fluctuates. This shows that when the weather is hot, you and your family need to constantly check your water trough system