GUIDELINES FOR HOW TO SELECT THE BEST PARENT LAYING HENS

The following is a general guide the selection of the best laying hen.

1. Before choosing the type of chicken that will be maintained, you should look for information about the advantages and disadvantages of both types of the chicken. Mutual asked the breeder and share information. Look at my previous post Type Selection of the Best Laying Hen Chickens.

2. Compare the information obtained with the purpose of breeding. What is to be achieved? Breeding objectives tailored to the nature and the advantages and disadvantages of certain types of laying hens. If it is suitable and fit then choice can be determined.

3. Breeders need to know about market information and marketing chicken eggs. For laying hens breeders who have experienced long and must have understood this. But those who have experienced should find out and try the experiment of small things first. Most farmers who have long been in the poultry farm is reluctant to provide in depth knowledge of laying hens. Chicken egg marketing this way no less important. Proverbial "It's useless to have good stuff, but we do not get to sell it". When the market information is already known, the selection of laying hens was more stable. Breeders who do not want to struggle to think of it, many prefer dual-purpose type. However, the farmer will lose the opportunity to benefit. Because an entrepreneur is a tough businessman who dare to face the challenge. Of course, the challenge is calculating.

How To Determine The Best Number Of Laying Hen To Be Kept

How To Determine The Best Number Of Laying Hen To Be Kept

Market share should be controlled to be expected before the start farming. This will underpin the number of chickens to be kept. Thus, it can be seen that production area must be prepared, number of cages that will be built, as well as the equipment to be prepared. From all that can be known to the amount of capital that needs to be prepared.

To convert from the known into the market share of the number of chickens to be maintained, the following practical steps that can be used as a benchmark :

1. Market share will be converted into eggs controlled unit time. Such as 1.5 tons / week or 78.9 / year. Then, the number is converted into units of grain to determine the number of grains in a kilogram (1 kg = 16 eggs). Keep in mind the unit eggs in the market known as the unit weight, not grains. Unit grain is widely used for traditional market selling local chicken. However, the number of chickens needed to design a unit of grain production capability for laying chicken standardized in units of grain / year.

2. After step 1 is known items (eg eggs X), is then divided by the number of production capability and multiplied 1 chicken tail. The results of these calculations represent the number of adult laying hens chicken that will be maintained. The calculation can also be presented in the form of the formula, as follows. 

C = (N / P) x 1 chicken 

Specification: 

N = Number of eggs demanded market (eggs) 

P = Maximum production capability in accordance with the genetic breeding (eggs) 

C = Number of chickens to be kept.

The results of these calculations in the form of the number of chickens / year due to the ability of chicken production (P) in units of grain / year. Year is meant here is the year of production. 

Meanwhile, the result of the calculation is the number of eggs in total. So, can only be made in accordance with some force production capabilities of existing capital. For example, the calculation was obtained from the figure of 100,000 laying hens. Of course this is a number that is too large when it is made at once. To fix this, can be made into some force or by "Sustainable Production Systems". From the example above, for example, the production system is divided into 10 batches. The first batch could be executed. Therefore, It should be reminded that after the age of 16-20 weeks, then chickens will produce eggs.

In practice, farmers use force or system of livestock development system in stages in accordance with the available capital. Once the capital is ready, direct farm construction begins. This is understandable because after a cage filled chicks, the new 3-4 months later will produce eggs, and even then not many in number. While the cost of production was about to begin by building a cage for the forces concerned. 

Cage construction is done in stages does have the risk of spreading disease. However, This can be overcome with specific tips, that is by preparing the system group. Chickens that will be maintained are divided into several forces and groups. One group can be a force or a group of aged chicken laying the same.

Type Selection of the Best Laying Hen Chickens

When we want to start farming chickens laying there we should know the type of laying hens will we cultivated. Type of laying hens there are 2 kinds, namely light type laying hens and laying hens medium type. 

1. Light type laying hens

Chicken type is often referred to as white laying hens. This type of chicken has a sleek body also called thin-petite. Its fur is also pure white and red berjengger. Generally, this type comes from a pure strain "white leghorn". Chicken pure line is now difficult to find. Chicken is capable of laying more than 260 eggs per year. For laying, chickens This is a special type of light created to spawn just so directed his ability to spawn ability. Therefore, the production of meat just a little. Unlike the broiler is particularly directed to produce only meat, chicken laying this type of light is sensitive to hot weather and commotion. In addition, it is also easily startled chickens that will have an impact on the decline in production. So it's best if you want to cultivate chickens should be far away from the crowds.

2. Medium type laying hens

Chicken body weight is quite heavy. Even so, the weight is still laying hens are among the types of light weight and broilers. Therefore, the chicken is called with the type of medium laying hens. Chicken body is not skinny, but not too fat. The egg was quite a lot. Because produce enough eggs and can also produce a lot of meat, chicken is also called brown laying hens, which generally also have a brown coat color. 

Before you begin breeding, the type of chicken that would have to be considered preserved. Between laying hens laying hens mild type or types of medium. Both have advantages and disadvantages. However, in terms of maintaining relatively the same. Market is people say brown eggs are preferred over white eggs. But it is relative and depends on taste alone. The color of the skin does look more interesting than the brown egg white. But in terms of nutrition and taste relatively the same. One thing that is different is the price. Brown egg market price is slightly more expensive than white eggs. It is easy to understand because it is heavier than the brown eggs with egg white. Brown egg production as well as less than white eggs. 

In addition to the type of chicken that will be maintained and before breeding also need to consider the marketing aspect as well as its quality. should be noted that after a period of active spawning passed, the medium type of chicken meat will be sold as a broiler with a good taste. 

My advice? I prefer the type of medium laying hens. Because in addition we can use the eggs as our main commodities. We can also sell medium laying hens because the meat is delicious.

The Beginning of Laying Hens in Indonesian

 

Laying Hens

Chicken or chicken wild forest had been maintained by Indonesian society since ancient times as a part of their lives that are at that time very close to the wild. Once merging with nature, so that they are called to live in an agrarian pattern. Among the specifications it is natural that blends the wild chickens that have become part of Indonesian public life at the time. Thus, the presence of the wild chicken is taken for granted by the people of Indonesia.

Indonesian Local Chicken

By the early 1900s, the wild chickens remain in place, familiar with the pattern of life of rural communities. In the period of the 1940s, people began to recognize other than chicken chicken wild. From here, one can begin to distinguish the chicken dutch (The Dutch colonized Indonesia at the time) with wild chickens in Indonesia. Wild chicken is then called a local chicken (chicken) because of the existence of the chicken is in the countryside. While the chicken is called chicken dutch country. Such chicken can still be found in the 1950s that maintained by some chicken fans.

By the end of the 1980s, many Indonesian people do not know the classification of chicken. When it is, the nature of chickens regarded as chicken only. When eggs are good to eat, the meat is also good to eat. However, that opinion was not true. Domestic chicken, or better known as egg-laying chicken turned out a lot, but the meat tastes bad.

Indeed, the first chicken came in and started breeding in the period it is the white leghorn chicken laying thin. Generally, it is used as chicken broilers after expiration of productive spawning. Antipathy towards the chicken laying hens meat long enough until the end of the 1990s. When it began to spread broiler farm which is specifically for chicken. While laying endowment or brown laying hens also began menjamur.Dari where the community began to realize that the chicken had laying classification as a reliable and tasty chicken. At this time also began a sharp rivalry between the local eggs and chicken laying hens meat with local eggs and local chicken meat. Finally, chocolate eggs began on the wind, while the local chicken local eggs began slumped and only used as a traditional recipe alone. Fierce competition is what signifies the rise of poultry farm.

Local chickens is laying eggs and meat can be eaten. but can not be classified as a dual-purpose chickens commercially superior. The reason, the genetic basis of local chickens and laying hens is indeed differ greatly. Chicken appear as it is with remarkable adaptability due to have fused with the pattern of community life. Thus, do not be surprised if the local chickens are able to anticipate climate change compared with laying hens. Only the genetic capability that distinguishes this production although both chicken broiler chickens was also derived from the wild in Asia and Africa.

Introduced Chicken Laying Hen and Get Familiar With Laying Hens?

In fact all species and winged birds lay eggs, ranging from birds to his life by relying on the wings and birds that rely on foot. Even so, not all of the species egg-laying birds rely on to offspring. For poultry, laying a path to resume poultry offspring because it does not have as a species mammalian uterus. Prospective children live outside the mother's body. For this, the parent must provide children with a number of foods, ranging from embryos to the prospective child is ready to hatch. Eggs that are going chicks and contains a number of delicious and nutritious foods for humans. Delicious eggs as a cause of human food ingredients continues to look for it. That is why, the egg is increasingly difficult to obtain. On the basis of this background, people began looking for ways to develop the nation's egg-laying poultry to eggs and chicken can be eaten.

Problem then arises because the number of avian species itself so much. Birds that rely on the wing is unlikely to be maintained because of the size of a small egg. In addition because the birds can fly. Large birds such as chickens birds also not attractive. Likewise, the quail because too nimble. Finally, more choice leads to a medium-sized bird species that rely on foot and the number of eggs that quite a lot with relatively modest size. These birds are partridge. Other hand there is also a glance at the couple partridge and live poultry diair. This bird is a wild chicken wings rely on to run to avoid the enemy. A brief history of domestication trajectory partridges started from this description.

Partridges and wild ducks were captured and maintained it did spawn pretty much with relatively modest size. In addition, the meat can also be used. Year after year, partridges from different regions in the world are strictly selected by the expert. The direction of selection aimed at the production of the lot. Therefore, it can be taken partridge eggs and meat, the direction in the selection of production which many began to be specific. Chickens were selected for production purposes is famous for broiler chicken. As for the egg production of laying hens known. In addition, the selection is also directed to the skin color of egg laying hens until then known white and brown laying hens. Crosses and selection was carried out long enough to produce laying hens as there is today. In each cross, bad temper and good nature always disposed of laying hens will be maintained and purified. The chicken is then known as a superior chicken laying hens.