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Why The Chicken Laying Rate Is Dropping Rapidly?

Feb 15, 2021

Demeter has been visited hundreds and thousands of poultry farms all over the world and we noticed that some of the customer's complaint that the egg-laying rate is dropping rapidly. 

For a commercial business, the egg-laying rate is very important because your profit comes from eggs, how to increase the egg-laying rate is how to raise profit.

Le's check below for the main reason and try to raise your profit from poultry projects

WHY CHICKEN REDUCE LAYING

  1. Egg-laying recycle

Layer birds have a certain laying recycle, it starts laying eggs at 18 weeks, the egg-laying rate can up to 50% at 140 days. 

It will reach to 90-98% laying rate at 300 days, then it will drop after the peak laying season. 

We need to know that it is normal the egg-laying rate will drop after a certain time. 


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2. Temperature

The temperature has a huge impact on the birds. When the temperature is high, and you do not have a ventilation system, you need to find a way to reduce the temperature inside the chicken shed, for example, spraying water on the ground, or adjust the feed time based on the temperature.

Take one of our customers in Nigeria for example, the temperature can up to 36 degrees during the dry season, they adjust the feeding time to 5 am in the morning and 6-7 pm in the afternoon. So that the bird can eat more feeds during the hot season.


3. Feeds

Feeds are very important for chicken birds, especially when they start to lay eggs and peak laying rate period. Each egg requires more feeds, therefore you need to adjust the feed quantity during the egg-laying peak season. 

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4. Water temperature

Some of the farms using tank water on top of the chicken shed, sunshine will make the water hot temperature and the hot temperature will make the bird eat less. 

You may need to add ice during noon, the hottest time in the day, and make the water temperature low.


5. Lighting system

Some of them are using closed type chicken shed, chicken requires 15-16 hours of lighting per day to produce eggs,  therefore the bird has less opportunity to reach the sunshine and living in a closed environment, without normal sunshine, the bird will grow slow and lay a small egg. You need to add a lighting system to help the bird grow naturally.

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6. Sickness

Sometimes it is because of the sickness, you need to ask your vet doctor for a visit for a check. Sometimes it is because of vitamins, you need to add the vitamin to the water to improve the bird's health. If it is an infection, you need to find a place to isolate the sick bird separately. 


Demeter Machinery has been in the poultry business for over 20 years and we offer thousands of projects all over the world. If you also need a poultry project, please feel free to contact us for more solutions:

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