Causes of Laying Hens

When breeding laying hens, hair loss sometimes occurs, mainly in the neck and back. The reasons for hair loss in hens are mainly dermatitis (including folliculitis), abnormal or brittle structure and texture of feathers, and feathers. Replacement and feather pecking, etc. In addition, there are the following reasons, the chicken cage manufacturer will analyze for you:

1. Feed nutrition issues:

Not only the growth of laying hens requires nutrition, but the growth of laying hen feathers also requires a proper nutritional supply as well as the normal structure. Any lack of nutrients related to feather structure may cause problems with feather quality; the nutritional content of feed is insufficient. , Often cause dermatitis and folliculitis, thereby inducing hen feather pecking. The reasons for the hair loss of laying hens caused by nutritional factors are mainly manifested in the relatively small energy level, protein level and feed intake of chickens during the preparation of the aniseed ingredients, which results in the hair loss of the laying hens.

2, chicken house environmental problems:

Temperature: In the high temperature season, in order to be able to dissipate the heat in the body, the hair loss phenomenon will be found, but the newly-launched laying hens are less likely to appear.

Lighting: If the lighting control is unstable, it will also cause hair loss of laying hens. Frequent power outages, forgetting to turn off the lights, and changing the time of turning on and off the lights will reduce the egg production rate and cause hair loss. Hair loss due to pecking.

3. Physiological problems of laying hens:

After the peak laying period, the level of estrogen in the body will decrease, so the layer will be moulted, especially in the neck and back of the layer. Laying hens that have been started in spring will experience partial feather replacement after entering autumn.