The key to high and stable production of laying hens - choosing high-quality young chickens
Publish Time: 2025-06-23
85-90% of the egg production of laying hens is determined by qualified reserve hens, and the key to the development of reserve hens is young chickens.At present, many farms choose to buy young chickens instead of raising chicks themselves. First of all, this is limited by the equipment and site, and there is no large enough and professional brooding house; secondly, raising chicks requires a more sophisticated feeding and management level (brooding experience) and considerable energy investment, which is difficult for novices or inexperienced farms; thirdly, 60-day-old young chickens will reach the peak of egg production 4 months after entering the house, which can improve the production efficiency and capital turnover of laying hen farms.
1. Common problems of young chickens01-Poor growth indicators: light weight, short and thin shanks that do not meet the standards, poor uniformity, etc.;02-Common visible diseases: such as proventriculitis, rhinitis, synovial mycoplasma, etc.;03-Common invisible problems: such as viral diseases such as infectious bronchiolitis.These problems will have a serious impact on laying hens after they start laying eggs, such as slow egg-laying ramp-up, even no peak, increased paralysis and death, etc., which seriously affect the economic benefits of the chicken farm.
Due to the low threshold of the young chicken industry and the lack of good standards, disputes between young chicken factories and laying hen farms continue. For laying hen farms, once the selected young chickens have problems, it is basically difficult for this batch of chickens to make a profit, so the selection of young chickens is very critical.2. How to choose high-quality young chickens?How to choose high-quality young chickens is a problem that many laying hen farm owners are particularly concerned about. Let's talk about several aspects that we need to pay attention to when selecting and inspecting young chicken manufacturers. I hope it will be helpful to the majority of laying hen farmers.01-Choose chicken seedlings from large factories with good reputations, control from the source, and ensure quality.02- Growth performance meets the standard (refer to the relevant breed manual): young chickens that meet the standard weight (preferably 5% over the standard), shank length, and uniformity (more than 90%); it is particularly important to pay attention to whether the weekly weight and weekly weight gain meet the standard while paying attention to the weight at 60 days of age, especially the weight at 1 week, 3 weeks, and 5 weeks, because before 5 weeks is the period of rapid development of the digestive system and immune system. If the development is limited, even if the weight is made up later, it will affect the egg-laying performance in the later period.03- Choose a young chicken farm with professional equipment and detailed file record management. Generally, the chicken farm with record files is also more meticulous and standardized, and problem traceability can be achieved; when inspecting young chicken farms, you can also pay attention to the quality and details of breeding density, ventilation equipment, temperature control equipment, etc. High-quality equipment and meticulous management can ensure high-yield young chickens in batches.04- Pay attention to the basic immunization before production (the immunization program should be scientific, the vaccine strain should be matched, etc.), check the epidemic prevention records of the young chicken farm, and conduct antibody testing if conditions permit. Shandong Weidu Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Technology Co., Ltd. is equipped with professional antibody testing equipment and personnel, and can provide antibody testing services for customers.
05-Check the quality of raw materials used in young chicken factories, especially corn (impurities, mildew, etc.). Pay special attention to the fact that mycotoxins exceeding the standard may not show problems immediately, but will accumulate in the body for a long time, which will affect the production performance of laying hens in the later stage. Shandong Weidu Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Technology Co., Ltd. is equipped with professional testing equipment and personnel, and can provide raw material testing services for customers.
06-Choose a young chicken factory with good biosafety.Finally, it is recommended that our laying hen farming friends choose young chicken farming companies with good reputations and young chicken owners with good ideas to cooperate. When choosing young chickens, you must jump out of the vicious circle of low prices. Don't just focus on the price, but make a comprehensive judgment on the quality of young chickens after a comprehensive understanding of the above points. Choice is greater than effort, let the value of young chickens be greater than the price, and price by quality, so as to ensure the high and stable production of laying hens in the later stage.Company ProfileShandong Wedo Agritech Co., Ltd. is a comprehensive agricultural and animal husbandry enterprise integrating feed research and development, production, sales and international trade of raw materials.
