Rearing Layer Hens

Rearing Layer Hens

Layer or laying egg hens are kept for their eggs reaching several years of productive period. Layer characteristics are heavy enough. Medium layer can produce eggs high enough.
That's why medium layer hens also referred to as a dual-purpose chicken, meaning the chicken has a double benefit that is able to produce eggs and meat produce.

Layer medium and large furry brown eggs produced are brown. Brown egg prices are generally more expensive egg white for brown heavier than white. Although generally the same nutritional value more like a brown than white egg.
White layer or White leghorn or a layer of white in color is another term for layer hens.
Characteristics as follows:
- The feathers are white; Slender body.
White leghorn can produce over 260 eggs per year. That is very sensitive to the noise and the heat, the chicken is also shy, if bemused then decreased egg production.

Parent hen has superior characteristics to produce good quality of egg .
As the superior characteristics that should belong to the parent is as follows.
- Has a good appetite.
- The body looks healthy and has no defects.
- Laying-egg in a long period of time.
- The growth of the body is very good.
- The force is strong enough resilience to disease.
- Conversion of low food ration or conversion.
- Productivity and weight of eggs produced is high enough.
- Fur coats looks smooth and full.
- Having a normal body size

Disease Prevention
The disease can be prevented by keeping the cage clean. Rearing Stable  must be regularly cleaned. If there is any part that is broken, it must be repaired immediately. . Vaccination for chicken among other NCD vaccine, smallpox vaccine, and vaccines and anti-RCD. Chickens will be vaccinated must be healthy. Dose of the vaccine should also be accurate. In addition, the tools used must also sterile.