Avian Production Management

COLLECTION OF EGGS

• Layer type chicken lay their eggs mostly during forenoon
• Eggs may be collected twice in the morning and once in the afternoon
• Frequency of egg collection has to be increased to four to five times during peak summer
• In large layer farms, it is preferable to have air-cooled room for storage of eggs
• Specially designed plastic/ cardboard trays have to be used to collect eggs
• Usually 30 egg capacity collecting trays are used. It is not advisable to collect eggs in baskets