Main

Important tips for raising municipal chickens

In different regions, Municipal chicken are heterogeneous, differing in their morphological characteristics such as the shape of the crest, the color of the feathers, the color of the skin, the color of the earlobes, and the color of the egg shell. It also differs in its quantitative characteristics such as body weight, feed consumption, growth rate, fertility, egg production and size, and others. However, the local chickens adapted to live under the conditions of the difficult local environment.

Municipal chicken is distinguished by the relatively high prices of its products of eggs and meat compared to the prices of products of other breeds, especially commercial camels, which exceed it to a large degree in terms of productive efficiency.

There is no doubt that in order to raise the productive efficiency of local chickens, it must be subjected to an integrated breeding program to improve it genetically in order to produce flocks with better productive characteristics, whether with regard to the production of eggs or meat.

municipal chickenes

Information about local chicken

1- The weight of Municipal chicken ranges between 900-1200 gm at the age of maturity (16-18 weeks), and the weight increases gradually with the increase in age and reaches between 1300-1650 gm, and of course the weight of males is higher than that of females.

2- Egg production begins at a relatively early age (16-18 weeks), and it is preferable to delay it to the age of 20 weeks until sexual maturity is complete, and to avoidproducing small-sized eggs.

3- The female produces about 160-180 eggs per year under intensive care conditions (using breeding houses). air-conditioned and closed), and its production under traditional breeding conditions does not exceed 60-100 eggs when rearing in open houses.

4- Egg weight ranges between 40-55 g

Methods of raising municipal chickens:

We usually raise the chicks in batteries until the sixth or eighth week, depending on the size of the battery, or in a place designated for incubation and breeding, after which they are transferred to the ground wards, whether closed or open, according to the available capabilities, and continue until the end of production.

Nursery and care:

1: The incubation period for the chicks, whether they are in batteries or raised on the ground, extends from the time of hatching until the age of 8 weeks, where the body is completely covered with feathers, and it is very important that the chicks not be exposed to any cold air currents, and it is preferable that the relative humidity during the incubation period be within the limits 60%. The floor area is calculated on the basis of 20 chicks per square meter of the nursery floor, and in the case of incubation in batteries, it is calculated by 50 chicks per square meter of the battery floor for a period of 14 days.

The temperature in the incubators is provided as follows: 2

The temperature at the reception is 33 C, and it gradually decreases by half a degree every day

Until then, the temperature is fixed at 21 C, which is the ideal degree.

3: The spread of chicks within all parts of the nursery on a regular basis indicates the success of the incubation process, while the gathering of chicks in one corner of the nursery indicates the presence of disturbing air currents, and in the event of a high temperature in the nursery, the chicks are located in the far ends of the heater, while its decrease leads to the accumulation of chicks around or under a heat source.

4: The chicks are transferred at the age of 6-8 weeks to the care wards, where they stay until the age of 16-18 weeks, and they can remain in the care homes until the end of the production period.

5: An area of one square meter is allocated for each 8-10 birds in the closed wards, and 4-5 birds in the open wards.

6: The mortality rate does not exceed 5% during the growth period at the age of one day to the age of 20 weeks, and not more than 0.5% per month throughout the production period.