How to Select Superior Breeds When Raising Chickens? A Full Analysis of Seed Selection Techniques

(1) Characteristics of superior chicken breeds:

1. High egg-laying performance: more than 280 eggs per laying cycle (72 weeks of age), a peak laying rate of over 90% maintained for more than 4 months, and an age at first egg of around 150 days.

2. Strong resistance to stress and disease. The chick survival rate, rearing rate and survival rate during the laying period can reach relatively high levels.

3. A strong constitution that can sustain prolonged high production.

4. Good eggshell quality and a low rate of broken eggs.

(2) Methods for selecting high-quality chicken breeds:

1. Chicks should be purchased from a legitimate breeder farm that has a production license, strong technical expertise, a large scale, and no outbreaks of serious disease.

2. Choose small-bodied or large-bodied chickens for rearing according to the chicken-raising area and climatic conditions.

3. Chicken breeds that have passed national breed certification.

4. Choose chicken breeds according to rearing experience, chicken house conditions, and so on.

5. According to market demand, choose breeds that have a market and breeds with high profitability.