Broiler hatching egg: photo, how to get, how much is stored
Crossing meat and egg breeds of chickens allows you to get a broiler chicken. It differs from the parent breed and is bred mainly for meat. The hatching egg of this breed can be obtained independently or purchased from farmers.
How to get a hatching egg
The broiler chicken obtained as a result of crossing is not a separate breed, but a so-called cross. The meat of specially bred chickens is more tender and tasty than that of ordinary poultry, and the weight is much higher. For example, at 2 months. broiler chicken weighs more than 2 kg, and at 4-5 months. gains weight in 4-5 kg.
Broiler hatching eggs are stored for no more than 10 days.
But broilers begin to rush much later than egg and meat breeds. Puberty in them occurs only by 8, or even by 12 months. Breeding broilers at home is possible in principle, but difficult in practice. Firstly, you will have to wait a long time until the laying hen becomes sexually mature. Secondly, the very process of gestation is difficult.
The photo shows that the broiler hatching egg is very large, so the chicken will have to help and generally create special conditions for her. How to get a broiler hatching egg:
- provide the chicken with a special diet that prevents obesity and reduced reproductive functions;
- maintain a drinking regime, give a lot of clean water so that the bird does not die from dehydration and infections;
- gently massage the abdomen so that the large egg can come out.
In order for a broiler chicken to start laying, you will have to closely monitor it, carefully look after it. One rooster is needed for 5-10 laying broilers. Hybrids are more likely to get sick and die, so first of all they need to be well fed. Under favorable conditions, the owner will find one egg every day in the clutch.
Collected broiler eggs for sale or for hatching in your backyard must be properly stored. This is the only way to get a viable hybrid chicken. The rules are as follows:
- shelf life is not more than 10 days;
- dry room;
- medium temperature 15 to 18 ° C.
It is important that there are no temperature extremes or fluctuations in humidity. Condensation on the shell is unacceptable. The longer an egg is stored, the less suitable it is for incubation. The following pattern was revealed: 1 day of storage increases the incubation period by 1 hour.
It is possible to obtain broiler eggs outside the incubator, but difficult. The percentage of hatchability of hybrids directly depends on the storage conditions of the eggs.
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