Description of Loman Brown chickens

The main task of the industrial poultry industry is to breed new highly productive poultry. To achieve the desired result, mixing of several breeds and the creation of hybrids are used.

Such hybrids are called crosses, which is translated from English as intersection. Crosses have a number of positive characteristicsthat distinguish them from other breeds.

They are distinguished by increased productivity, survival and quickly adapt to new environmental conditions.

One of these crosses is the meat-and-meat broken brown. But, despite its belonging to the meat-and-meat type, Loman Brown is known precisely as an egg cross of chickens.

Description and photo of the Loman Brown breed

Lohman Brown is one of the most famous and productive egg breeds.

The breed was bred by the German company Lohmann Tierzucht GmbH, through many years of breeding work on crossing 4 breeds of hybrids of the first generation, which was based on obtaining a highly productive cross, regardless of the conditions of their keeping.

The color of the plumage of the bird is brown and white, a variety of color is characterized by the presence of two genes: maternal and paternal. Most often, roosters are white, and chickens have reddish-brown plumage.

Running shoes are distinguished by a strong physique, wide chest, a dense belly and well-developed wings.

Birds adapt well to new conditions and are completely unpretentious.

Cross is not prone to gaining excess weight and obesity. Lohmann Brown have established themselves as highly productive, calm and unpretentious farm birds.

Conditions for keeping roosters and hens

Unpretentiousness and high productive performance make it possible to breed chickens both in an industrial environment at a poultry farm and in subsidiary farms.

When breeding Loman Brown, outdoor or cage content is used, and in private, walking is allowed. Growing indoors requires compliance with certain standards and rules of maintenance.

The correct temperature regime is only the first step to success. According to the norms house temperature should not exceed 16-18 ° C, and the humidity is not 70%. In winter, it is required to heat the room so as not to disturb the microclimate.

To conserve heat and reduce costs, it is recommended to insulate the walls of the house. Drafts are also undesirable, therefore, if they occur, it is necessary to close up all the cracks and insulate the windows. The length of daylight has a great influence on egg production.

The poultry house or special shed in households should be equipped with artificial lighting lamps. At home, in the summer, chickens receive a sufficient amount of light, being on walks all day.

In winter, during the period of extreme cold and constant interruption in the barn, artificial lighting is necessary, typical for normal daylight hours. In industrial conditions or in premises without access to walking, constant observation of daylight hours by means of artificial lighting is necessary.

The poultry house is ventilated every day, in order to avoid various diseases.

Household Growing Tips

When floor maintenance is broken brown, it is necessary to properly equip the poultry shed. Straw or sawdust should be spread on the floor as a bedding. The room is equipped with perches, nests, feeders and drinkers.

• Perches - these are special poles, the diameter of which is about 40 mm, necessary for resting chickens.
• Nests. When building a nest for Loman Brown, the dimensions of the cross are taken into account, since the birds differ in their large parameters. The nests should be spacious so that the chickens can easily climb and unfold in them.
• Feeders elongated rectangular shape. On top of the feeders, you can pull a net, the diameter of the holes of which should be so large that the chicken calmly pokes its head and gets to the food and at the same time cannot climb into the feeder with its feet and scatter the grain.
• For access of chickens to water in poultry farms are used special drinkers... In private households, this can be a small container a little dug into the ground.

Characteristics: egg production when they begin to lay

Lohman Brown are small poultry. An adult rooster weighs about 3 kg, and a chicken up to 2 kg. Loman Brown starts to rush at 5.5 months. For a year from one chicken you can get 315-320 eggs, weight of 1 egg - 63-64 g.

To obtain one egg, 124 g of feed is consumed. The shell is dense, brown in color. Sexual maturity occurs at 135 days, and the entire growth period is 161 days. The maximum number of eggs is observed at the age of 160-180 days. Chicks yield from 80 to 98%.

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Varieties and differences of chicken and rooster

There are many different types of this cross. These differences are due to the use of 4 types of chickens in selective crossing at once. Roosters are radically different from chickens in color.

As a result of selection selection, 2 main colors of roosters' plumage were identified: golden brownish, a small blotch of black and white plumage is permissible. Chickens are characterized by a reddish brown plumage.

Such differences make it possible, already at one day of age, to separate chicks by sex, since males are white and hens are brown.

Breeding and feeding

A properly balanced diet is an essential requirement for high egg production.

A balanced diet of adults and chicks for all nutrients, vitamins and mineral supplements ensures the normal development of the bird and high productivity.

Since chickens are of the egg type, there should be a sufficient amount of mineral supplements and protein in the feed. The diet should include chalk, bone meal and gravel, the presence of these components contributes to good egg production, high shell strength and maintains the bird's body in a healthy state.

Chickens contained in cages have limited physical activity, and due to overfeeding, this can lead to the deposition of adipose tissue.

It is recommended to feed chickens 3 times a day.

The first feeding takes place in the morning, but not immediately after the chickens wake up. The second time feed is distributed during the day, and the third - in the evening. Feeders must be clean, free from contamination and fungal diseases. The bird needs constant access to water.

Whole grains are not recommended, the best feed is compound feed specially made for laying hens.

Wheat germ should be given as a small supplement to the diet. Such measures are required due to the special digestion for fast digestion of feed.

Root crops of fodder beetroot, carrots, turnips are fed to chickens as natural vitamin supplements; it is allowed to give cabbage and pumpkin. Grains include wheat, corn, some barley and millet.

In the summertime, the Lohmann Brown cross needs green forage. If there is access to walking with grass, then the problem with green fodder is solved by itself. When caged, it is necessary to provide chickens with grass.

How much and how to feed chickens: daily ration and supplements

In the first 2 weeks of life, chicks should be kept separately "in quarantine". The basis of the diet during this period is a special starter compound feed. Then grain is introduced a little into the feed, and the starting compound feed is gradually replaced with the usual one.

Essential ingredients include cornmeal, root vegetables and green feed. For normal and full development, the diets of chicks must be balanced in all micro and macro elements, as well as vitamins.

Up to 2 weeks of age, selenium should be added to drinking water.

Incubation of eggs

Cross Broken Brown is not naturally bred. Good offspring can only be obtained through artificial incubation. It is recommended to buy young stock or eggs from the poultry farm for incubation activities.

If you follow all the rules, you can get a viable, strong offspring, which will later turn into a highly productive bird.

Description of diseases

Cross Broken Brown is distinguished by its resilience and high adaptive abilities, but, despite this, the bird is still susceptible to a number of diseases.

• One of the most common diseases is Coccidiosis, it is spread by wild birds and rodents. When chickens become ill with coccidiosis, the birds become lethargic, lose their appetite, walk with their wings lowered to the ground and constantly look for sunny places. Treatment is preferably carried out under the supervision of a veterinarian. To combat the disease, antibiotics are prescribed in combination with the drugs Kokcidivit, Avatek and Sakox.
• Ascoridosis - This is another disease of poultry when infected with nematodes. Young animals and chickens are most susceptible to ascoridosis. Symptoms: stunted growth, poor appetite, and lethargy. Sick adults practically cease to rush. Piperazine is used to treat ascoridosis. Adults are given 0.5 g of piperazine per 1 liter of water, and young animals 0.2 g.
• Tuberculosis Is one of the most dangerous diseases transmitted from birds to humans and vice versa. The source of infection is the droppings of infected poultry. Tuberculosis is difficult to detect at an early stage. Symptoms: the mucous membrane of the mouth of the chickens becomes covered with nodules, the skin is damaged and the joints swell. When tuberculosis is detected, the bird is slaughtered and the corpses are burned. Meat is strictly forbidden to eat.

Pros of the breed

• Early maturity. Sexual maturity occurs at 135 days.
• High litter yield up to 98%.
• First egg in 5.5 months.
• Maximum egg-laying in 160-180 days.
• Good acclimatization and unpretentiousness
• Possibility of keeping in any conditions: cages or outdoor with and without walks.
• Minimum costs to feed.
• High level profitability.

Minuses

• Short intensity oviposition. After 80 weeks, the number of eggs begins to decline and the maintenance of chickens becomes unprofitable, so the bird has to be cut and renewed.
• Lohman Brown do not reproduce naturally, chicks can only be obtained by laying purchased eggs, in special poultry houses, in an incubator.

Loman Brown chickens are one of the best egg-type breeds. They are unpretentious in keeping and feeding, rarely get sick and have high egg production rates.

Breeding Loman Brown does not require a lot of effort and expense. Warm house with light, balanced diet and adherence to the simplest rules of keeping and breeding will allow you to create a healthy and highly productive herd.

Reviews

Loman Brown is a wonderful laying hen. They rush almost all year round. Eggs are brown, large. They start rushing early. Calm. They are completely picky about food, enough special compound feed and auxiliary feed, which are at home.

Carcasses, as for egg chickens, are quite large. After 2 years of age, it is advisable to cut the hens as the number of eggs decreases. Overall a great breed.

This cross has received a lot of forest reviews not only from professional poultry breeders, but also from ordinary farmers. According to their descriptions, the bird is well adapted for keeping at home.

You can buy ready-made young stock or eggs for setting in an incubator. High hatchability, chicks are strong and viable.

With proper feeding and proper care, 320 eggs can be obtained from 1 chicken per year. They don't eat very much. The content requires minimal financial and physical costs.

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