Avian Production Management

ECONOMIC PRODUCTION- BROILER BREEDER AND LAYER BREEDER

Economic traits of broiler breeders and their mean performnce

1	Body weight (g) at 20, 24 and 64 weeks of female	1980-2140, 2400-2700 and 3350-3650 g
2	Age at 50 % lay	26-27 weeks
3	Age at peak production	29-31 weeks
4	Hen housed egg production (upto 64 weeks)	175-185
5	Percent hatchability	84.5-87.0
6	Number of broiler chicks per hen housed (24-64 weeks)	139-150
7	Average number of unsettable eggs per hen housed	3-5 %
8	Livability (%) at 1-24 and 25-64 weeks	95-97 and 90.5-93.5 %
9	Feed consumption – per egg laid (g)	3288 (0-64 weeks)
10	Feed consumption – per 100 broiler chicks (kg)	41.0 (0-64 weeks)

Economic traits of layer breeders and their mean performance

1	Livability (%) 1-18, 19-70 week Males	93/93
	Females	97/97
2	Age at 50 % peak production	143 days
3	Hen housed egg number - 19-70 weeks	293
4	Hen day egg number -19-70 weeks	297
5	Number of settable eggs per hen housed at 25-70 weeks	280
6	Number of female chicks produced at 25-70 weeks	112
7	Per cent hatchability (%) at 25-70 weeks	85 %
8	Body weight (kg) of male and female at 18, 60 weeks Male	1.45/2.12
	Female	1.23/1.89
9	Feed consumption per hen housed 1-18 weeks	5.84
10	per dozen eggs 19-70 weeks	1.39
11.	Egg quality traits	Albumen index – 0.10 Yolk index – 0.40 Specific gravity – >1.06 Shell thickness – >0.33mm