In recent years, people’s craving for suburban life, staying in nature is noticeable. In this regard, summer plots grow like mushrooms, horticultural partnerships are developing. Some people decide to make their small land plots a profitable business. And then the people's memory returns to the time-tested agricultural activity. Now this is called business. And the most easy and common living creature is poultry. Laying hens bring joy, their content is possible for pensioners and sensible teens. Moreover, the demand for environmentally friendly poultry products is growing, and such an exciting activity can be the beginning of a serious business.
Laying hens
On a small plot of land, traditionally contain hens on a deep litter. Laying hens, the content of which allows them to move freely, are characterized by better health.
Litter can be peat, sawdust, shavings or straw. The litter is usually laid in a thick layer before planting a new batch of birds for the entire period of its keeping. This method of care has several advantages: in winter, it is warm on the litter of hens, the labor costs of maintenance are much lower. Sometimes a little grain waste is added to the litter to stimulate chickens so that they more actively loosen it. Some poultry farmers keep their laying hens in cages or on mesh floors. The litter changes once every 12 months, and during the year it is periodically added.
Craftsmen improve feeding and drinking methods, arrange peculiar feeders and drinking bowls.
Laying hens do not require multiple feeding, it is enough to do this twice a day, dry full-feed feeds are used as food. Some owners feed chickens with wet mashrooms. With this method, it is necessary to pay special attention to the cleanliness of the feeders, regularly remove feed residues, wash the feeders, clean and dry them.
Varieties
One of the most common in the egg direction are hens of the leggorn breed. They are mobile, endowed with a lively temperament, always busy searching for insects, feed, small stones.
In some places, as a result of crossing leggorn chickens with a local breed, a white Russian was bred. Laying hens of this breed inherited good egg production, excellent taste meat qualities. The Oryol breed of chickens is known, the origin of which is little known. Attracts amateur poultry farmers with their elegant plumage. In breeding the old Russian Pavlovsk breed, local varieties of chickens were used.
Laying hens are crosses of highly productive breeds giving a standardized egg. They are distinguished by good preservation of young animals. The conditions of the home compound contribute to increased egg production, which lasts up to two years at home. For people who are hardworking, not indifferent to wildlife, raising hens is a fascinating activity.