What is the season of laying hens?

Do farmers know which season of the year has the highest egg production? As we all know, the egg production of laying hens affects the realization of production benefits of laying hen farms, and it is related to the economic benefits of laying hen farmers. Therefore, when the peak period of laying hens is produced, farmers will obtain considerable benefits.

1. What season of the year does chicken produce the most eggs?

Laying hens usually have a higher egg production season in spring, which means that the laying hens lay the most eggs in spring, one is because the spring temperature is appropriate, and the other is because the spring sunshine time is gradually increasing.

Second, the peak period of laying hens:

Modern laying hen breeds generally see eggs at 18 to 19 weeks of age, and the egg production rate at 23 to 25 weeks of age reaches 50%; at the peak of egg production at 27 to 29 weeks of age (the egg production rate is greater than 90%), the maximum egg production rate More than 95%. The peak egg production period usually lasts about 20 weeks.

It can be seen that in the process of laying hens in cages, the season of high egg production throughout the year is in spring, and the peak period of laying hens is mostly 27 to 29 weeks old. Laying hens are carefully elaborated to effectively increase the production efficiency of hens and increase the income of laying hens.