Chicken egg needs to increase every day, because chicken eggs have become a necessity of daily pokon. This condition makes the livestock chicken business has a market that is still wide.
Chicken Breeding Breeding Technique
Layer of Laying Chickens
A breeder collects eggs in laying hens in Plaosan Village, Magetan. Increase in price of animal feed due to the rainy season makes the price of eggs rose from the price of Rp 14 thousand to Rp. 16,000 per kilogram.
A good chicken coop is that the design makes it easy to take eggs and throw away dirt, and there are several things that must be considered when making laying hens, namely:
The temperature at the cage is about 32.2-35 º C with humidity 60-70%
There are lights for lighting or temperature heating of the enclosure
The enclosure must have good air circulation, facing the sunlight and not going against the wind
The enclosure must be strong, durable and clean
Should not make a cage on a hilly land
There is a complete enclosure and facilities such as lighting, feeding places, drinking places, and others.
Battery enclosure for laying hens
The type of battery cage is a cage that is widely used for raising laying hens, because the design is efficient and makes it easier to feed and drink as well as easier disposal of sewage.
This type of chicken coop is made with barriers with sloping floor sloping forward to aim for the eggs to roll forward so easily taken. The battery chicken cage is made in steps such as a staircase but the upper cage should not be directly above the lower cage so that the dirt does not fall into the lower cage.
The bottom is where the feed extends from the pipe or paralon
The top is a place to drink laying hens semicircular elongated.
Laying Chicken Seeds
Chicken laying white (leghorn)
Has a lean, thin body. This chicken can produce many eggs but is sensitive to the commotion. If the chicken stress will affect the decline in egg production.
Medium laying hens
This species is a popular breed, because this chicken is more stubborn, fat and can produce eggs in large quantities. This type has brown feathers.
Things to watch out for in laying hens:
The body is healthy and not deformed
Normal growth and development
Choose laying chickens from seeds that are known to be their kuelitas
Things to consider in choosing laying hens:
Seeds come from healthy breeders and good quality
The fur is smooth and full and has good growth
No physical defect
Seeds have a good appetite
Normal body size about 35-40 grams
Duburnya clean
Chicken Breeding Breeding Technique
Environmental Sanitation and Preventive Actions
To prevent the coming of the cage disease should always be in a clean condition, do regular cleaning of the cage.
Feeding Laying Hens
Phase Stater (0-4 weeks)
Feeding
Age Quantity
The first week (1-7 days) 17 grams per day per head
Second week (8-14 days) 43 grams per day per head
The third week (15-21 days) 66 grams per day per head
Fourth week (22-29 days) 91 grams per day per head
Drinking Water
Age Quantity
The first week (1-7 days) 1.8 liters per day per 100 tails
The second week (8-14 days) 3.1 liters per day per 100 tails
The third week (15-21 days) 4.5 liters per day per 100 tails
The fourth week (22-29 days) 7.7 liters per day per 100 tails
Finisher Phase (30-57 days)
Feeding
Quantity Age
The fifth week (30-36 days) 111 grams per day per head
Week six (37-43 days) 129 grams per day per head
Week seventh (44-50 days) 146 grams per day per head
Eighth week (51-57 days) 161 grams per day per head
Drinking Water
Quantity Age
The fifth week (30-36 days) 9.5 liters per day per 100 tails
The sixth week (37-43 days) 10.9 liters per day per 100 tails
Week seventh (44-50 days) 12.7 liters per day per 100 tails
Week eighth (51-57 days) 14.1 liters per day per 100 tails
Harvest Eggs
Farmers harvest chicken eggs in Srikaton Village, Ngantru, Tulungagung, East Java, Thursday (11/13). According to breeders, the production of chicken eggs decreases when the roba is reduced so as to prevent their losses increase the price of eggs.
Taking eggs done 3 times a day ie morning, noon and evening to avoid egg damage due to virus attack.
Separate broken eggs and good eggs, store on egg tray (egg tray)
Good egg characteristics are clean, smooth skin, oval shaped, and weighs about 57.6 grams and a volume of 66 cc