Sudden cessation of egg production and excess body weight

Pertanyaan dari Ibu Kedah Handayani – by email

Permission to ask my chicken is 33 weeks old, there is one chicken that used to lay eggs but now stopped suddenly and its weight is much heavier than other chickens. How to deal with it and the chicken Why yes? Then for chickens at the age of 33 weeks, what is the ideal weight? Thank you.

Answer

Thank you Madam Kedah for the question submitted. Excess body weight can be caused by several factors, one of which is in terms of nutrition. Feeding with a high content of metabolic energy and fat is the cause of chicken weight gain.

Excess body weight is usually marked by fat deposits around the abdomen. In some cases, excess body weight causes eggs to be larger than the standard. It also causes fat accumulation and risks causing prolapse.

Cases of prolapse are caused by the process of egg release being held back by fat around the abdomen and reproductive tract. As a result, the reproductive organs come out of the body if there are contractions that are too strong during the egg production process. So it is important to weigh body weight regularly at least 1x a month during production.

Chicken body weight is said to be still in accordance with the standard if it is in the range of ③ 10% of the company's recommended standard breeder. The following standard body weight chicken layer various strains the median age was 33 weeks.

Cases of prolapse often cause ibalism, because the reproductive organs that come out are pecked by other chickens. To overcome the excess weight, the following steps can be taken:

1. Do grading or weighing body weight on the whole chicken. Separate chickens with excess weight in one tier of the same battery for easy monitoring and handling. Can be placed in the lowest battery enclosure.
   
2. Check feed intake, the number of feedings is equated to the previous week. Carry out weighing and monitoring of body weight every day until the body weight according to the standard is reached.
   
3. Check the energy and protein content of the feed. Excess energy and protein consumption will be converted into energy reserves in the form of fat in the body. Check also the homogeneity or uniformity of feed mixing. Inspection of the nutritional content of feed can be carried out in MediLab.
   
4. To utilize excess fat in the body, can add Strong N Fit into drinking water. The presence of L-Carnitine in Strong N Fit able to convert body fat into energy, so as to increase egg production again.
   
5. Also do weight checks on other chickens. Weigh the weight of chickens routinely at least once a month as much as 0.5-5% of the population taken at random per cage and make sure the uniformity reaches 85%. This means that more than 85% of chickens in one cage have a body weight that is almost the same with a tolerance of ±10% of the standard body weight. This regular monitoring will facilitate faster evaluation and treatment if the chicken's weight exceeds the standard prematurely.
   
6. In order to ascertain the cause of chicken stopped production can conduct clinical and surgical examination of the carcass. Egg production that stops suddenly can also be caused by damage to the reproductive organs due to disease.