MANAGEMENT PRACTICES DURING LAYING

1. MANAGEMENT PRACTICES DURING
LAYING FOR EFFICIENT EGG
PRODUCTION

2. Group Members
• Wajid Hussain
• Tayyab Ali
• Muhammad Awais
• Farhan Ali
• Rao Ali Raza

3. Plan to talk
 Definition
 Housing Management (Floor Management)
 Litter management
 Space management
 Feeding Management
 Lightning Management
 Culling
 Deworming
 Vaccination
 Nest Management
 Record Keeping
 Egg Collection and Handling
 Production Calculating Formulas

4. White Egg Shell Layers
Star cross, Babcock, Hi-sex, Hy-line, Nick chick.
Brown Egg Shell Layers
Isa Brown, XL Nerra Brown(Arbor acres), Ross,
Peterson.

5. Laying Period
• Starts from onset of sexual maturity (when hen housed
production is 5%) till the end of laying cycle is referred
as laying period.
• From 18-72 weeks

6. Housing management
 Brood Grow House
 Grow Lay House
 Brood Grow Lay House
 Partial Cage Rearing
 Complete Cage Rearing

7. Floor Management
Litter Floor
Slat and Litter Floor
All Slat Floor

8. All litter floor

9. Combination of slate and litter floor

10. All slat system

11. Multiple tier stacked cages
Afully stacked (without offset) system with
either manure scrapers or a manure belt
removal system.
This arrangement allows the most efficient use
of floor space with number of tiers.

13. Increased egg production up to 2-3 eggs/ hen.
Labor saving.
Pecking & cannibalism minimized.
Better flock supervision & maintenance.
Less broodiness.

14. Litter management
Regular cleaning & stirring of litter.
Spread litter material, in case of deep-litter
system.
Initial depth, 3-4 inch.
up to 6” thickness. Not more than 8”.
Moisture level of litter should be 25%, not more
than 30%.
Common practice of checking litter by hands.
• .

15. (2) Space management
 Floor space. 1.50 sq ft/bird.
 Feeder space. 3.0 inch/ bird.
 Drinker space. 1.25 inch/bird.
Keep bottom of feeder at the back level of birds.

16. (4) Feeding Management
Provide well-balanced layer mash. Phase feeding
may be followed for layers.
At 20 wk give 70g feed daily per bird.
From 21st wk, add 5g (+70) each week.
At peak production 110g / bird daily.

17. Nutrient Layer phase
-I
21-45 wks
Layer
phase-II
46-72wks
ME Kcal/kg 2600 2400
CP % 18 16
Ca % 3 3.5
Avail.P % 0.65 0.65
Lys % 0.7 0.65
Methionine 0.35 0.30

18. (5) Light Management
• Provide light stimulation at 18 wks of age
starting with a minimum of 13 hr of day
length
• Increase light by 30 min /wk until 16 hrs of
light is reached.
• Light intensity- 0.9 -1.2 foot candle
Declined Production (40-50wk) increase light
by 1H (16+1=17H)

19. 1 watt light intensity per 1 to 1.50 bird.
Bulb height= 2 meter above floor
Distance between 2 bulbs = 2.5-3.0m
Regular & frequent cleaning of light bulbs

20. Culling
 AContinuous process of removing non- productive,
weak, low body weight & inferior birds.
 Weekly culling.
 Saving of feed & expenditure.

21. Regular de-worming
 Birds should be checked for ecto-parasites after very 3-4 weeks. Use DDT or
coopane powder.
 Round worm (Ascridia galli), Caccal worm (Heterakis gallinarum), Capillaria
worm (Capillaria obsignata) and Tape worm (Raillietina sp.).
 Use dewormer like piperazine powder, Rintol,Albendazole, oxyclozamid or
systamax etc.
• The most common medicine used is Piperazine 45%(1.5ml/b).
• Levamisole. It is also immuno stimulant.

22. DE-WORMING PROCEDURE.
 De-worming before 2 hour sunset.
 Give thirst, if medication in water.
 Light must be turned off.
 Remove wet litter in the early morning.
 Flushing with glucose solution, 2 hour after de-
worming.

23. Vaccination Schedule
Vaccination and disease control. Follow the proper vaccine shedule.

24. Nests
Space 1x1x1.2 Feet for each 4 hens
Place nest 1 week before start of egg production,
to get pullets accustomed to them.
Use dry litter material in nests. Regularly clean or
change litter

25. Single compartment Nests.
One hole for 4-5 hens.
24 inch above the floor.

26. Nests
Community Nests.
One for 25 hens.
Roll Away Nests.
Wire bottom is sloped so that eggs roll to a
compartment at the back.

29. Egg handling
Chicken lay their eggs mostly during forenoon
Eggs be collected at least twice
The frequency can be increased 4 to 5 times
during peak summer
• Air cooled rooms for storage of eggs
• Specially designed card board trays have to be
used

30. Record keeping
During rearing following records should be kept.
 Line and source of chicken.
 Vaccination, medication and supplementation.
 Feeding programme.
 Feed consumption.
 Body weight by weeks.
 Mortality by days and weeks.
 Culls (Harvesting of birds to market)

31. LAYER PRODUCTION INDICES
Egg production
Hen-Day Egg Production (HDEP)
• For a particular day

32. For a long period
• A farm average of 85% or more HDEP is desirable.

33. Hen-Housed Egg Production
(HHEP)
• For a particular day

34. For a long period
HHEP values of 80% or higher are desirable.