Types of Local Laying Hens That Can Generate Profits

YOGYAKARTA - Laying hens are poultry that are often raised to lay eggs. This chicken has become popular to be raised by the community to take advantage of its economic benefits. If you are interested in raising this poultry, you need to know the type of laying hens that are suitable for your livestock goals. Read the following article to find out the information.

As reported on the official website of the Ministry of Agriculture, laying hens are poultry that are able to produce eggs efficiently from an economic perspective. The efficiency in question, for example, is that chickens are able to produce a large number of eggs and large sizes. In addition, chickens do not have broodiness so that eggs can be used by humans.

In Indonesia there are many types of local laying hens that can be bred to take advantage of their economic benefits, namely as follows, reported from an e-book entitled Local Laying Chicken Breeding which was published by the Banyumas Regency Fisheries and Livestock Service 2023.

Sentul chicken comes from Ciamis, West Java. This chicken is a local poultry that is still cultivated to this day. This type of poultry, which is also called kaluwu chicken (gray chicken), is chosen as a laying hen because it has a good productivity rate. Even this chicken is included in the dwiguna type.

The productivity of eggs from sentul chickens is quite high, namely 12 to 30 eggs per one laying period. Not only eggs, the meat can also be taken for consumption. In one year, sentul chickens are able to produce 118 to 140 eggs with an average weight of 40.7 grams.

This local chicken comes from Kedu Village, Temanggung Regency, Central Java. This chicken has several types but the ones that are bred to lay eggs are black and white Kedu. Black Kedu chickens are able to produce 215 eggs per head per year. Meanwhile, white Kedu chickens are able to produce 197 eggs per head per year.

Unggul Balitbang (KUB) Kampung Chicken is a native poultry produced by the Agricultural Research and Development Agency as a result of selection over 6 generations. This chicken can be used as a source of parent stock seeds for the provision of Day Old Chicken (DOC/chicken seeds). This chicken is often used to meet the community's needs for kampung meat and eggs. The production of this chicken egg is also quite high, namely 160-180 eggs per head per year with a bobo per egg of 35-45 grams.

Arab chickens are non-breed laying chickens that can be taken off their eggs. These chickens are able to produce eggs with a fairly high number of 190-250 eggs per year. The weight of the eggs ranges from 30 to 35 grams. In addition, arab chickens are also not brooding so that the eggs can be taken at any time.

Including the type of superior broiler chickens in Indonesia. This chicken was originally brought from Jeddah to Temanggung. In Indonesia, this chicken is cultivated to take its eggs. Elba chicken eggs resemble kampung chickens with a white shell color with an egg weight of around 58-60 grams. Elba chickens are able to lay up to 300 eggs per year. The number increases if the age of the chicken has matured.

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