How Much Does a Green-Shell Chick Cost in 2020? Detailed Methods to Increase Egg Production

The green-shell laying hen gets its name from laying green-shell eggs. It reaches sexual maturity relatively early and has a relatively high egg production rate. It is a poultry breed unique to China and has a noticeably stronger ability than ordinary domestic chickens to resist environmental changes, and it can be raised in both the north and the south. So how much does a green-shell chick cost in 2020? What methods are there to increase the egg production rate?

1. How much does a green-shell chick cost in 2020

Xixiangtang District, Nanning City, Guangxi: 5.5 yuan/bird.

Nanhai District, Foshan City, Guangdong: 4.43 yuan/bird; Baiyun District, Guangzhou City: 3.83 yuan/jin.

Guandu District, Kunming City, Yunnan: 5.2 yuan/bird.

Jinsha County, Bijie City, Guizhou: 5.5 yuan/bird; Guanshanhu District, Guiyang City: 3.7 yuan/bird; Xingyi City, Qianxinan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture: 3.8 yuan/bird; Liping County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture: 4.5 yuan/bird.

Zhengxiang District, Hengyang City, Hunan: 4.67 yuan/bird; Liling City, Zhuzhou City: 6 yuan/bird; Longhui County, Shaoyang City: 2.8 yuan/bird; Kaifu District, Changsha City: 4.5 yuan/bird; Louxing District, Loudi City: 5.5 yuan/bird; Yueyang County, Yueyang City: 4.8 yuan/bird.

Xinjin County, Chengdu City, Sichuan: 3.89 yuan/bird; Guang'an District, Guang'an City: 4.8 yuan/bird; Zitong County, Mianyang City: 6 yuan/bird.

Jingzhou District, Jingzhou City, Hubei: 0.8 yuan/bird; Zaoyang City, Xiangyang City: 3.77 yuan/bird.

Yujiang District, Yingtan City, Jiangxi: 5.5 yuan/bird; Fengxin County, Yichun City: 3 yuan/bird; Xiushui County, Jiujiang City: 3.5 yuan/bird.

Shuyang County, Suqian City, Jiangsu: 3.5 yuan/bird; Jianhu County, Yancheng City: 6 yuan/bird; Huaiyin District, Huai'an City: 3 yuan/bird; Guanyun County, Lianyungang City: 4.75 yuan/bird; Xinyi City, Xuzhou City: 3 yuan/bird.

Luozhuang District, Linyi City, Shandong: 3.2 yuan/bird; Licheng District, Jinan City: 4.2 yuan/bird; Changle County, Weifang City: 2.5 yuan/bird; Liangshan County, Jining City: 3.77 yuan/bird; Lanshan District, Rizhao City: 3.4 yuan/bird.

Pinglu County, Yuncheng City, Shanxi: 3.5 yuan/bird; Jishan County, Yuncheng City: 4.5 yuan/bird.

Shapingba District, Chongqing: 4.5 yuan/bird; Yongchuan District, Chongqing: 4.77 yuan/bird; Hechuan District, Chongqing: 3 yuan/bird.

Huining County, Baiyin City, Gansu: 6.5 yuan/bird.

Caofeidian District, Tangshan City, Hebei: 10 yuan/bird; Gaoyi County, Shijiazhuang City: 5 yuan/bird.

Xigong District, Luoyang City, Henan: 2.5 yuan/bird.

Licheng District, Putian City, Fujian: 5.5 yuan/bird.

The above are all reference prices; the actual price is subject to the local market.

2. Methods to increase the egg production rate of green-shell laying hens

1. Brooding temperature

Master the brooding temperature for green-shell laying hens to achieve better brooding survival rate and brooding uniformity. When green-shell laying hens have a high brooding survival rate, their egg production rate during the laying period is also relatively higher. Because the eggs of green-shell laying hens are relatively smaller than brown eggs; brown eggs average about 7 to 8 eggs per jin. Green-shell eggs, regardless of variety, weigh only about 10 to 11 eggs per jin. Because the eggs are small, the chicks hatched from green-shell breeding eggs are also relatively weak and small, and the required brooding temperature is relatively higher. Only by providing the most suitable brooding temperature can the best brooding survival rate and brooding uniformity be achieved. The required brooding temperatures are: 36 to 35 degrees C for 1 to 3 days, 35 to 33 degrees C for 3 to 7 days, 32 to 30 degrees C for 7 to 14 days, 30 to 28 degrees C for 15 to 21 days, and 28 to 26 degrees C for 22 to 30 days.

2. First feeding and water supply

Chicks learn to start feeding by imitating each other, so high-density first feeding is recommended. At the same time, before the green-shell laying hen chicks arrive, water and feed should be added at the same time, so that when the green-shell laying hen chicks enter the house, their first impression is seeing water and feed at the same time, achieving the effect that they can raise their heads to drink water and lower their heads to eat feed at any time. This is the operation method to ensure maximum body weight in the first week. The body weight in the first week determines lifelong digestive capacity, absorption capacity and reproductive capacity. Using high-density first feeding and water supply ensures that the chicks gain weight fastest during the first week of brooding, while reducing the rate of weak chicks, ensuring that when the green-shell laying hens grow to 120 days, they reach the optimal body weight standard for the laying period, thereby giving full play to the best egg production performance.

3. Artificial supplementary lighting

After green-shell laying hens grow to 90 days of age, the artificial supplementary lighting in the chicken house is gradually increased to 16 hours. The lighting time is gradually increased every morning and evening, and when the flock enters the laying period at 120 days of age, 16 hours of lighting per day must be ensured. Increasing lighting can stimulate hormone secretion, enhance the activity function of the ovaries and oviducts, promote egg formation and accelerate ovulation, and has a great impact on the sexual maturity, physical maturity, egg production and age at first laying of green-shell laying hens. Only by doing a good job of supplementary lighting for green-shell laying hens can they achieve the best egg production rate.

4. Supplementary nutrition

During the laying period, supplementing various multivitamins to ensure balanced nutrition for green-shell laying hens and prevent stress reactions is very necessary. Chickens themselves are timid and easily frightened, and during the laying period, estrogen levels are too high, making them even more susceptible to fright caused by sudden changes in the external environment, which causes stress reactions. Adding various multivitamins to green-shell laying hens during the laying period can not only supplement the nutrition needed by green-shell laying hens for laying, but also effectively reduce stress reactions. It effectively prevents the flock from suffering stress due to fright from external stimuli, reducing the occurrence of decreased egg production.

When raising green-shell laying hens, only by carefully controlling every detail can the green-shell laying hens give full play to the best egg production performance during the laying period, and only then can raising green-shell laying hens obtain higher economic benefits.