Tips for keeping chickens super nickname

Now they are betting on poultry farming to get new hybrids of poultry. Crosses of chickens have higher productive rates and faster precocity. Among the hybrids bred there are representatives of the egg direction, which include chickens super nickname. Consider more of these chickens and their conditions of detention.

Breed breeding

Cross-chicken egg superb nickname was obtained by the breeders of the German company H & N International. Its branches are scattered around the world and many popular hybrids have been bred in them. In the Russian Federation, this cross was introduced in 2005 to the Aleksandrovsky PPR in the Ryazan region. Now "Aleksandrovsky Poultry Breeder" is a part of Okskaya Poultry Factory CJSC and continues to breed super nickname chickens.

This hybrid was derived for industrial use, but also became popular in private farmsteads.

This is a four-line final cross, which is not derived at home. Young or hatching eggs should be purchased from the manufacturer.

Did you know? Chicken egg protein is a kind of benchmark against which eggs of other species of birds are evaluated.

Description and characteristics

The external data of this cross is not remarkable, but if there are no features inherent to it, then the bird is culled.

Appearance and physique

Characteristic external signs of the final cross super nickname are as follows:

  • dense smooth plumage of white color;
  • compact proportional body of a triangular shape. Small back and rounded chest;
  • short thin neck;
  • the head is of medium size. It has a smooth white plumage;
  • comb - leaf-shaped, light red. Often he falls to the side;
  • earrings are also light red in color, and earlobes are white;
  • gray beak;
  • the middle feet of the feet are colored gray-yellow.

Cross breeds include such breeds of chickens as farm color, cosmos, broken white, harco, brown nickname, high-line, shaver, oat-flakes, avikolor, moravian black, iz brown.

It should also be noted that this is an autosex cross: one-day female chicks start to fledge quickly, and male chicks slowly.

Temperament

These are quite temperamental and active birds. They always move briskly and are very fussy. Some owners prefer to keep them in cages. Of course, chickens super nickname more like freedom of movement, but chickens can be accustomed from the very beginning of life to the cells.

Hatching instinct

Like many crosses, chickens have a super nickname and have lost their ability to incubate eggs and are not good mothers. However, it does not make sense to produce offspring from the final cross, as the chicks will not inherit the productive traits of the parents.

The most reasonable way to periodically purchase chickens from breeders. But if you decide to breed the chicks, you should use an incubator.

Performance Indicators

The main indicators of the productivity of super nickname chickens are as follows:

  • the average weight of the hen is about 1.6 kg, and that of the rooster is 2-2.3 kg;
  • early puberty. The ability to lay eggs in four months;
  • high egg production, which averages 340-350 pieces per year;
  • egg production period - from 19 to 90 weeks;
  • the safety of the young - 96-98%, the safety of adults - 90-95%;
  • the weight of one egg is 55-60 g. But older layers make eggs weighing about 70 g.

Feeding ration

To ensure high productive performance and preserve the young, the chickens need to ensure the proper diet.

Adult chickens

The amount of food depends on the conditions of the birds. If the layers are contained in the cells and consume less energy, then the volume of food is reduced, and if with a walking distance, the volume and caloric content of the portions increase.

Important! Seasonality does not affect the diet, since chicken production does not depend on the season and is stable even at the onset of a cold period.

Also, the diet is adjusted when the time of the first clutch is approaching (approximately 3.5 months). Feeding the chickens 14 days before the egg starts changing. In the menu to improve the egg production of hens include a greater amount of calcium - not less than 2.5% of the total feed.

During this period, the amount of proteins, especially of animal origin, is increased.

Experts recommend to adhere to the following rules when feeding:

  • when breeding this breed in a production environment is well suited dry food. This type of feeding will reduce the complexity and cost;
  • food intake should occur at least 3 times a day at a certain time. It is best to establish a clear feeding schedule;
  • consider the susceptibility of the hens to obesity. If birds are kept in cage conditions and their activity is low, then the risk of gaining excess weight increases. When this problem is detected, it is necessary to reduce the number of calories and replace more nutritious food with greens, as well as low-calorie food.

The basis of food for chickens super nickname is such products:

  • grain crops (wheat, oats, millet, corn, bran, etc.);
  • food waste;
  • fruits and vegetables in boiled or raw (carrot, potatoes, cabbage, beets, zucchini);
  • greens and grass (nettle, knotweed, clover);
  • wet mash. Blending nice to do with the addition of yogurt;
  • meat and bone meal or fish meal;
  • sunflower cake.
For additional calcium, you can give the fish, as well as crushed egg shells. Important for the formation of egg shell and increase egg production small-scale limestone, as well as shells. After 40 weeks, the hen's body absorbs calcium worse than it does at a younger age.

It should also be noted that with age the laying hens lay larger eggs, and, therefore, calcium intake in food should increase.

Important! Separately in the feeders should be coarse sand or fine gravel. These components contribute to a better digestion of food, as well as normalize metabolic processes and prevent the appearance of cuticle.

Chickens

For chickens of breed super nickname, you should set the feeding mode and implement it at certain hours. In the conditions of the poultry farm, the chicks are fed with special homogeneous mixtures, gradually increasing the rate as they grow. When growing in small private farms also recommend the use of a combined feed, which contains all the necessary vitamins and minerals.

Feeding babies in the first 10 days of their life is carried out every two hours, and after that they switch to food every 3 hours (from 11 to 45 days). Young animals are fed at intervals of four hours.

It should be noted that the production of feed for chickens is not cheap, so when raising chicks you can use the following recommendations:

  • in the first 3-7 days, food for babies includes chopped boiled egg with cooked porridge (millet, corn), as well as with the addition of chopped nettle, clover;
  • food necessarily includes grass, especially knotweed. It is advisable to add vegetables - tomatoes, grated carrots, zucchini, potatoes, etc.;
  • from the fifth day of life, the egg is replaced with cottage cheese, boiled meat;
  • exclude porridge on day 12, and instead enter a wet mash. It should always be fresh, without lumps, at the rate of 30-40 g per chicken. The uneaten mash is removed after 40 minutes, as spoiled food may cause poisoning in babies;
  • it is useful to add sprouted wheat at least once every 7 days to the ration - it contains many necessary elements for the vital activity of the chicken body;
  • need constant water availability and access to it. The purity of the water should be carefully monitored to avoid intestinal diseases;
  • Upon reaching 51 days, young grains can be given whole grains.

Content Features

Chickens super nickname can be kept in a regular chicken coop with a walk, and from the first days of life you can train to cage. A sedentary lifestyle in the cages allows you to reduce the norms of feed and save on it, and on the walking these active birds feed a good appetite.

In the chicken coop with walking

Super nick quickly adapt to environmental conditions and unpretentious care. It should be noted that these chickens are resistant to frost, and the coop during the cold period can not be heated, but the productivity of chickens may decrease.

The optimal conditions for the content are as follows:

  • temperature in the range of + 14 ... +19 ° C;
  • humidity should be in the range of 60-70%;
  • light day should last at least 13 hours. This is important for maintaining egg production, so during the winter period lighting will not be superfluous.

Chickens of this cross-country fly well, so for a free-range you need a higher fence from the Rabitz grid.

When keeping chickens a super nickname in a hen house with a walk should follow the following recommendations:

  • it is better to build a room (chicken coop) from wood and to insulate well for the winter period;
  • the flooring should also be made of wood, although cement and clay are also suitable;
  • provide ventilation with the installation of air vents and special pipes with a cap. The area of ​​the openings for windows should be about 10% of the floor area. It is better to make the frames double and also removable for better airing in the summer and to maintain good lighting;
  • near the chicken coop organize a place for walking with a fence;
  • should be on the floor to provide a bed of dry straw, hay, sawdust. Periodically litter is cleaned, and completely changed in the autumn;
  • in the room it is necessary to place perches from wooden bars;
  • in the autumn it is important to disinfect and dry the entire room.
  • under the perches for ease of cleaning placed trays for chicken droppings;
  • on 1 square. about 5 hens should be about one meter square;
  • the height of the house should be about 180 cm. This is the optimum figure for warming up during the cold period and airing in the summer;
  • the room must be equipped with the necessary number of feeders and drinkers.

In cages

When keeping chickens in cages, observe the following standards:

  • each layer should have at least 400 square meters. see cell floor;
  • feeding front is about 10 cm per individual;
  • the rate of the watering front is 4-6 pieces per nipple (2.5 cm per 1 piece, if drinking enters through a trough);
  • Ventilate the room regularly and provide oxygen. On poultry farms use special fans.

Did you know? In 1987, John Kenmuir ate 14 boiled eggs in just 14.42 seconds.

Chickens super nickname has long been used to produce a large number of large eggs in industrial environments. Now their high and early egg production has interested the owners of household farms. Of course, in order to achieve high productivity, birds should be provided with the necessary amount of feed containing calcium, and good housing conditions.

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