Keeping highsex brown chickens

Highsex brown chickens are ubiquitous on the territory of modern Russia, which is associated with high egg production, unpretentious maintenance and good vitality.

From the breeder's point of view, the selection of highsex brown into a separate breed is incorrect, since chickens are actually a hybrid of Leghorn birds.

For the first time, Dutch breeders working on the basis of the Eurybride company were engaged in hybrid breeding. The first chickens with the given characteristics appeared in 1970, after 4 years they were brought to Russia, where they became extremely popular.

Description, differences between a rooster and a chicken

Hisex brown is a highly specialized hybrid of chickens, the so-called cross, characterized by a strong constitution, but small in size.

The color of the feathers is bright brown, in rare cases, white markings may appear on the tips of the feathers. The feather cover is dense, the feathers themselves are strong, you can easily cut yourself on them.

The crest is large, strong, well defined. The legs are large, strong, quite wide apart. The head of the chicken is medium in size, the color of the beak and legs can vary from light to bright yellow.

This breed of chickens is distinguished by a docile character, a sufficient degree of perseverance and livability, which allows them to be kept together with other birds, be it ducks, geese, or chickens of other breeds.

Chickens treat a person well, aggression is not observed even from the part of roosters. Roosters and chickens are extremely active, they are constantly in motion and therefore need a lot of space.

Highsex brown breeding was initially carried out on an industrial scale, the first chickens of this breed appeared on the farms of the Ukrainian SSR and the Tyumen region of Russia.

Very quickly, the breed came to the attention of farmers and chickens were raised in households. For this period of time, highsex brown - these are still more domestic than industrial chickens, although they can be found in farms specializing in the sale of eggs.

Characteristics, description and photo

An adult hen, with the right feeding regimen, can reach a weight of 2.5 kilograms, while the weight of a rooster fluctuates between 2.8 and 3 kilograms.

Chickens and roosters become sexually mature by the 20th week of life, after which they are ready to mate and lay eggs.

Hisex brown are distinguished by a high degree of egg production, in just 100 days, one hen can lay up to 96 eggs, practically 363 eggs can be obtained from one laying hen per year. In this case, the mass of one egg is at least 70 grams.

To lay one egg, a hen needs to eat about 0.128 grams of compound feed per day. The color of the eggshell is white or dark.

Breeding highsex brown chickens

The secret to raising healthy, well-weighted chickens is to create acceptable living conditions for them. Hisex brown are not picky about temperature and humidity conditions, they are allowed to be diluted both at very low and at elevated temperatures.

When keeping chickens in a hen house, care must be taken to ensure that the temperature does not drop below 12 degrees, which can be achieved by insulating the walls and floor of the room, or by providing artificial heating. Dry straw is best used for bedding.

The room where chickens are kept should be warm and well ventilated, chickens are afraid of drafts, therefore it is necessary to carefully monitor that all windows and doors are always closed.

Chickens and young chickens must be purchased exclusively from trusted breeders, keeping in mind that highsex brown is a hybrid, which is bred in industry under the constant supervision of a veterinarian who monitors minimal fluctuations in temperature, light and feed conditions.

When crossed with other breeds of chickens, Hisex Brown do not pass on their breed qualities to the offspring, since they are not fixed at the genetic level, which leads to the need to constantly update the number of purebred chickens.

Keeping chickens of this breed

The newly purchased young are afraid of the cold, for the normal growth and development of the chick, it is necessary that the temperature in the room does not fall below 22 degrees, if necessary, incandescent lamps and heating devices should be installed.

Very small day-old and monthly chicks can be kept in the house by equipping a separate well-heated room for this purpose. Care must be taken not only to ensure that the chicks do not freeze, but also to ensure that they do not overheat.

Overheated chicks look tired and sleepy, they react poorly to movement, practically do not get up and gradually die.

Statistics show that highsex brown chick survival rate reaches 99%, but at home it is almost impossible to ensure such a high survival rate.

Practice shows that out of 100 chickens, maturity reaches a little more than 75-80 pieces. The remaining 20-25 chickens die from cold, overheating, poisoning, parasites and bad luck.

How to start feeding

Small chickens should be fed boiled eggs, finely chopped herbs of sorrel, dandelion and other plants. Fresh, slightly warmed milk should be poured into the chick drinker instead of water, and care should be taken to ensure that chicks do not drink sour milk, otherwise they may become ill.

Adult chickens and males should be fed a balanced diet high in vitamins and proteins. The food supply for adults should consist of green nettles, vegetables, legumes, chalk and coal.

When feeding chickens, it is necessary to observe the feeding regime, gradually transferring young individuals to compound feed.

Diseases of the breed

Experienced farmers manage to reduce mortality among this chicken hybrid to almost a minimum, which is achieved through timely vaccination and helminthization.

Hisex brown rarely get sick, but when kept together with geese, ducks and birds of other breeds, they may well be attacked by lice or helminths, poisoned by poor-quality food, or become a victim of such common avian diseases as brucellosis, pullorosis, salmonellosis and staphylococcus aureus.

Most of these diseases are treated with the timely introduction of antibiotics into the daily diet of birds.

The signs of the disease are:

• weakness joints;
• absence appetite;
• exhaustion;
• absence or desire drink water;
• inflammation throat;
• cramping respiratory tract and muscles.

Diseased birds must be isolated from healthy birds. After contact with them, you should wash your hands and face with soap and rinse your mouth with alcohol.

The survival rate of chickens is high, but still cases of mass mortality are not considered an exception, therefore, when breeding chickens, attention should be paid to the cleanliness of the litter, as well as the freshness of the feed and water consumed by the birds.

Should keep other animals away from the drinker and feederespecially cats and dogs.

Content tips

For the normal maintenance of highsex brown, it is necessary that there are always boxes with a sandy mixture consisting of sand and wood ash in the room. Chickens love to bathe in dust, sand helps birds maintain personal hygiene.In addition, such bathing prevents the appearance of parasites.

At home, it is preferable to keep the birds on the floor, providing the chicken coop with the necessary number of perches. One chicken needs at least 25 centimeters of free space. In commercial breeding, birds are usually kept in cages.

In a small farm environment cellular content loses its meaning, since it provides for the presence not only of a large number of expensive cages, but also artificial lighting, air conditioning, organization of the feeding and cleaning system.

In addition, highsex brown, as already mentioned above, cannot stand a closed and cramped space, therefore more than 2-3 chickens cannot be in one cage.

In this regard, simple floor maintenance is much more profitable, since it does not require worrying about the constant availability of electricity to ensure the operation of air conditioners and a heater.

Conventional outdoor housing also has its advantages in that it is possible to release birds outside or into a pen without the long fuss of opening many cages.

Dignity

Breeding highsex brown at home is full of exceptional advantages, such as:

• high survivability birds;
• increased egg production;
• steadiness to parasites and various kinds of diseases;
• unpretentiousness to the conditions of detention;
• ability to carry low temperatures for a long time.

Flaws

• lack of instinct in many birds incubation;
• impossibility transfer of egg-laying qualities to offspring when crossing with birds of other breeds;
• exactingness to a spacious room and the constant availability of free space;
• birds are demanding on the food base, grow well and rush only by eating highly nutritious and high quality feed;
• perfect results can be achieved exclusively when crossed with birds of the Leghorn breed.

Reviews

I have recently been breeding highsex brown chickens and cockerels. Outwardly, the birds look very cute, their character is calm, docile. They feed exclusively on compound feed.

The only minus I noted - absence of egg laying in perches in incstint chickens. I solved this problem by placing an ordinary cricket ball or some kind of round ball at the bottom of the perch.

It is necessary to follow the chicken and at the moment when it is about to start laying, transplant it to the roost.

Elena

An experienced farmer, I don't particularly like chicken meat, so I prefer to breed birds for the sake of eggs. A real find in this regard was the highsex brown, which I bought at one of the agricultural exhibitions.

These birds are very small in size, but very, very tenacious, out of 10 chickens I bought, 9 survived, which I think is a very good indicator. I advise all farmers.

Vladimir

I had never been interested in birds before, but now I retired and decided to have several chickens for my own use. A neighbor advised me to buy a highsex brown, assuring me that I could not find more beautiful, tenacious and profitable birds. This description was very interesting.

Basically I was satisfied with the purchase, the only thing that does not suit you is that chickens need high-quality feed, the cost of which is not always permissible for a pensioner's wallet.

Evgeny Stepanovich

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Conclusion

So, highsex brown is one of the best egg-bearing hybrids, the content of which is possible both in industrial and at home.

Outwardly, the birds are small, the maximum weight of males when feeding high-quality feed barely reaches 3 kilograms, which, in principle, does not matter, since highsex brown is valued for a large number of eggs that can be obtained from each layer.

Birds are distinguished by a high degree of survival, therefore, mistakes made in the content will be easy to correct.

Do not forget that highsex brown is very freedom-loving birds, extremely picky about free space, therefore small chicken coops with no windows and access to the corral are practically not suitable for them.