Quality egg production is the primary goal for keeping layers, It is, therefore, important to monitor production of your flock, identifying poor layers that eat into your profits with minimal or simply no benefits. During this process, you are likely to notice those birds that do not lay as much as others or those that don’t even lay at all. Physical indicators to help you identify poor or good layers Now, before starting to poin [...]
Summer Management Pre summer management 1.Managemental Preparation –Taching of roofs with 2to 3” paddy straw or with sugar cane tops 2.Body weight management –As in winters birds might be overfed and causes for higher body weight, which will cause severe mortality in peak summer. Summer Preparation 1.Managemental Preparation –Usage of foggers/Sprinklers but to ensure the power back up 2.Feed the birds in early mor [...]
Nutrition and egg quality Egg content can be manipulated by nutrition. The major changes that can be brought through nutritional manipulation are egg number, egg size, egg shell quality, yolk pigmentation and enrichment of eggs with fatty acids; vitamins and minerals. Egg size Egg size is expressed as weight of the egg. The factors that affect egg size include protein and amino acids profile, balancing of amino acids, and levels o [...]
‘Brown Eggs vs White Eggs: What’s the Difference?” Dr. Rajesh Kumar Singh, (Livestock & poultry consultant) Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India, 9431309542, rajeshsinghvet@gmail.com The only difference between brown and white eggs is the price. Both brown and white eggs have the same nutritional profile and are graded the using the same scale. So, why are some eggs brown and others white, and are brown eggs worth the extra money? It [...]