MANAGEMENT AND PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE OF HISEX BROWN AT RAHAT POULTRY FARM AT BHUAPUR, TANGAIL

Abstract

The study was carried out at Rahat poultry farm in Tangail district under Bhuapur upajilla for a period of one month (September to October’ 2016) to observe management of housing, feeding, lighting, production performance, disease control practices of 7572 layer birds of Hisex Brown under housing system. During this period, data on production performance (i.e. body weight, body weight gain, feed intake, hen housed egg production ,hen day egg production and mortality rate) within two flocks from peak production (38th to 41st weeks) and then compared with the standard level.

From the standard level the percentage of egg production of HISEX brown are 93%, 93%, 92% and 92% respectively at the age of 38th, 39th, 40th and 41st weeks of age stbut the observed percentage of Hen day egg production( %HDEP) in the farm were 86.20%, 85.57%, 85.12% and 84.75% and percentage Hen housed egg production (%HHEP) were 86.29%, 85.51%, 85.05%, 84.62% respectively . Again it was found that the mortality rate were 0.026%, 0.052%, 0.066% and 0.066% in that farm during study period respectively at the age of 38th, 39th, 40th and 41st weeks, whether the standard levels are 1.6%, 1.7%, 1.8% and 1.9% which is higher than the result. Amount of feed intake per day is 120 gm which is similar to the standard level. In case of weight gain the standard levels are 1.910 kg, 1.915 kg, 1.920 kg and 1.930 kg per bird respectively at the age of 38th, 39th , 40th and 41st weeks; The weight gain of birds were 1.85 kg, 1.85 kg, 1.90 kg and 1.90 kg of that farm, which are almost same. All the observation and study during experimental period showed that the average Hen day egg production was 85.41% and average Hen housed egg production was 85.37%. from 38th to 41st week of age of the hens. The peak Hen day egg production and Hen housed egg production achieved at 38th week of age which was 86.20% and 86.29% respectively.