When is the best time to eliminate laying hens?

Layer breeding is mainly for eggs, when raising laying hens, because the production performance of laying hens is limited. Therefore, we should pay attention to observe the growth of laying hens, and those laying hens whose production performance is gradually declining should be eliminated in time to avoid affecting the overall production efficiency of laying hens. But many farmers basically do not have this concept when raising laying hens, and they do not know what to eliminate. So when is the best time for laying hens to be eliminated? Let's take a look at it together.

1. What is eliminated chicken

When raising laying hens, they basically turn young hens into laying hens. However, because the laying period of laying hens is limited, it is impossible to lay eggs all the time, and even if they can still lay eggs after the weak period of laying, the benefits of laying eggs are not as much as those consumed by this chicken. Therefore, when the egg production of laying hens decreases obviously or the profit of laying eggs is too low, when the value that this chicken brings to farmers is far less than its daily consumption, we should eliminate it in time. Here is the knockout chicken.

2. When is the best time to be eliminated

In fact, the elimination time of laying hens has a certain regularity. under normal circumstances, a laying hen will be eliminated when it reaches the age of 71 weeks. It is about 500 days, because 500 days can be said to be a critical point for laying hens. At this time, the laying rate of laying hens will begin to decline significantly, and the quality of eggs will also decline. Therefore, at this time, we can choose a time when the price of chicken is considerable, and it is best to choose to be eliminated before the holidays, so as to improve the efficiency as much as possible.

3. Elimination factors

In fact, the time that affects the elimination of laying hens has a lot to do with the breeding cost. For example, the price of eggs and feed, and so on, if the price of eggs is not bad, then the elimination time can be appropriately delayed, while if the price of feed increases, it is better to eliminate chickens as soon as possible to avoid raising the cost of breeding. And we can also be eliminated according to the characteristics of laying hens, if the body is weak, the weight is light and the abdomen is stiff and elastic, then it can basically be judged as a low-yield chicken. If you are not sure, then keep it in isolation and check whether eggs are to be laid every day. If you do not lay eggs for more than 3 days, then you can basically be eliminated.

4. Elimination should not be premature.

At present, there is the problem of premature elimination of laying hens in many chicken farms. For some farmers whose breeding technology is OK, they can prolong the laying peak period of laying hens, and the laying time can also be longer, which can generally be raised to more than 70 axes. But many farmers eliminated it in about 60 weeks, which is a serious waste of laying performance of laying hens. Many people will think that the laying rate of laying hens in the later stage is low and the quality is poor, but these can be adjusted through feeding and management. If they are eliminated prematurely, it will have a great impact on the efficiency of breeding, so we should pay more attention to it.

The above is a brief introduction of when the laying hens will be eliminated. That's all for today's introduction. This article is for reference only. I hope it can help you all.