Poultry Purpose: How Rearing Location Determines Function.

 Muscovy duck is a meat purpose duck. it is risen for meat production. The duck weigh up to three kilogram. it is produce large meat for a family. 

The main color of the mscovy duck is black, white and black white. Recentl, we can found some color variation scuh as lavender, grey, bronze, and other. This variation is more expensive than black and white color. 

Today, the colorful muscovy duch is not for meat purpose only but for ornamental bird. I see the ornamental is difefrent from otehr country. in my country some people raise brahaman chciken whihc is dual purpose as ornamental bird. 

The Brahma chicken, which is raised as a dual-purpose chicken, is raised as an ornamental chicken in Indonesia. The issue of the chicken's function as an ornamental chicken depends on the location where the chicken is raised

In Unites States, Silkie are raise as an ornamental chicken but in th eorigin country chine, the silkie is a good layer. it is also go broody too.

I believe ayam kampung could be risen as the ornamental chciken because it some various color. 

A hen lays egg twice in a day

 

Can a hen lay two eggs in a day? The answer is yes it can. Could a hen lay two eggs every day? The answer is it could not. Rarely, a hen lay egg twice in a day. It lay egg in the morning an in the afternoon. The second egg usually is “unperfect” egg. The shell’s egg is rotten and it could not be hatched. It could not be sold. No one buy the egg. Because the shell of the egg is to smooth, the shell cannot protect the egg from bacteria and pathogen. I am doubt to consume the egg. However, some chicken owner usually separates the egg directly from the clutch. They may fry it immediately.

Today the most productive is Austrolop which can lay 330 egg in year. Other  chicken like ISA brown lays 300 egg in a year. The Italian white leghorn also produce 300 egg a year.  I am very sure it is for two years only. After two years, the owner sells the old layer chicken. I wonder it must be tired for the layer hen produce 330 egg in years, the hen just “rest” 30 day in a year. Without sufficient nutrient, the hen must be suffered. Laying some egg, need high calcium nutrient and also high protein nutrient.

The hen must need rest too. In my opinion the 250 eggs in a year is an ideal. The hen gets enough rest from laying eggs. The quality of the egg is good too. The chicken gets 115 for rest. As human we also consider the rest for the chicken as the animal welfare. When we treat them well, they will give the best egg to us. The chicken is not a machine that can produce what you want. The chicken is also a living that we should teat them well.

 

Lakevnder Chicken A Black White Dual Puprose Chciken

 Lakevender is a dual purpose chciken that provides both meat and eggs. This is not "pescial " chicken, compared to other chicken such as Rhode Islan Red, New Hampsire Chicken, Bared Rock, Plymouth Rock and other. THe Lakenvder is know by its black and white color. The neck and tail feather is black in color, whil ethe remain or the modle of chicken body is greysih white. The lakenvender also name of some animal which has middle boy is white for example, lakenvender goat and cattle.

The lakenvener is almost similair to Vorwersl. Both chikben breed has black colori ini tail and the neck. The Vorwerk body color is buff; while lakenvender is white. 

Lakevender come from German and Ducth border. The greman develop this bird or chciken from various chciken such as leghorn and other. the characteristics of leghorn that we can find in lakenveder is white earlobe. the lakenvender also have single bllod red comb with some point. 

Lakebvder lays white shelled egg 160 eggs a year. The rosster weighs 2,5 while the hen weighs 2 kilogram. The skin is alsi white. there is ni bantam version of the chciken. The shank is feathherless amd blue pale io color. 

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Roste find rooster in other flock

Rostet need some hen. In normal , a roster need at least 6-10 hens. While some bantam juat live with one siblings in its small cage. When A Roster does not have hen , he will find the hen. 

Like story in Upin Ipin. a roster called Rambo lost. Datok find Rambo everywhere. Upin and Ipin has suspected a cat or civet has eat Rambo. The cat usually bot eat a roster. The cat could eat the small chicken . Some cat afraid to large roster pr angry hen. They do not want to close with them. On the other hand, civet could bring any chiken to top of the tree and eat them. 

Finally, Rambo found. Upin and Ipin said that Rambo have been found in neighbor's house where there were some hen. 

Rambo want to visit the heb. What Rambo has dones is an animal instinct. The animal should survive and has to multiply before death. 

When your chicken has no sibling. They nau find the sibling. A free range roster nah find the hen where is not far from them. They can liste the other hand sound. Some roster crow to tell other chicken that he is the owner of the land. Of course, he lalso tell to other hen. 

Broiler ayam kampung crosses

 

As the broad chicken, a broiler is a good meat chicken. it weighs 2 kilogram in 40 days. some broiler can beyond the weighs in 40 days. in my country, the farmer just raises for 30 days to produce less two-kilogram broiler meat. The people do not like big chicken. they like smaller chicken. On the other hand, the farmers must be pleasure because, they do not have to raise for next ten days. Raising for next ten days need more chicken feed, man power, electricity, and other costs.

The taste of broiler meet is not delicious as ayam kampung. The price is juts one third of Ayam kampung. People believe because the fast growing the meat is not delicious. However, this chicken meat has helped people.

Broiler is a descent of various chicken breed. A famous of the broiler parent is broad breast Cornish chicken. Not surprisingly, the broiler gets high breast from the Cornish.

The cornish is dedicated for meat production. its is derived from some game chicken that has upward posture. While some chicken also participates in broiler chicken such as Rhode Island Red and Plymouth Rock.

in my country, this chicken is risen for pet. Some chicken owner raises the broiler until two years. the two yeas chicken must be bigger than common broiler at the time. the broiler reaches the maximum weigh. Sometimes the broiler are used the parent of the chicken. Some experts cross the chicken with Ayam kampung to improve the meat production. The cross must be heavier than the ayam kampung.

The expert also selects some crosses. They just select the best performance for the ayam kampung. Some crosses is fast growing and some is resisted to some diseases. The owner often crosses the male broiler to ayam kampung because it the broiler female cannot hatch the egg. Most owner just traditional farmer who do not have incubator. It is not simple cross the broiler hen.

Raise Older two years layer

After two years, the farmer will replace the hen. changging the hen in order to keep the production. Keep the old layer is not productive. After two yeasr the egg production is decrease and they have still feed them with some protion chciken feed. it is not profitabel for commercial gees.

in my country, the older hen, called as spunt is sold as meat. Most commercial farm sell the spunt to traditional or modern market. I ask gemini that the commercial farm does not use the spunt as the human food. I have ever eat the spunt and it is good but you need more time to cock because the thick skin and the hard meat.

The spunt is good for soup, stew, and other. You can also make stocks and broth from the sput. Boil the meat with some vegetable such as onion, prey, cabbage, tomato, and else.

In United States, sometimes they use spunt for cat or dog food. the chciken are stunized and processed by the engine. Sometime they got burial the older chicken off course after the chicken. death.

Today some farmer in my country use th spunt for layer too. They just raise for two weeks and they got benefit from some eggs. They know that the spunt is not productive as the layer . They also sell the meat too and get benefit from it. The spunt is cheaper than ayam kam;pung and the taste is almost similar to ayam kampung. Some people prefer Spunt than Ayam kampung, due to its cheap price.

Some farmer use the spunt for croes breed. They mate the layer with ayam kampung. The farm aim is to create the crosbreed that egg production is better than ayam kampung. They succesfully for that. Through , ayam kampung egg is small but it is more expensive than common chicken  eggs. They believe the ayam kampung’s egg is better than layer eggs. Some believe that the egg can cure certain diseases (off course, I do not believe it). 

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Spurs and roster

 Spurs is a roster’s weapon. beside the beak, the roster use feet to punch the opponent. Some rosters also use the spurs. The spurs often make the opponent killed. Spurs like nail. it can grow. Spurs grow in back part of chicken shank.

the spurs is a sign the rosters mature. they grow until old. some spurs can grow up and it makes the chicken less agile. Some owner cut the spurs so they can walk easily. Some owner also sharpened the spurs for fighting (it is not wise to do that)

beware cutting the spurs because its could harm form your chicken. Your chicken could bleed after cutting to deep. the traditional farmer usually cut half of the long of the spurs. They do not cut all the spurs because it will harm to the chicken. Sometimes an owner also covers the spurs with tape band. The owner worry that the sharp spurs can harm the owner.

The spurs also sign the age of the chicken. the spurs grow longer as the age increases.  I remember my friend refused buy a hen with one cm spurs. he suspected the hen was old. The black and white hen was big but old.

Sometimes a hen also has spurs for certain chicken breed. I am very sure that the old chicken layer has no spurs.Having spurs does not mean the hen change to rosters. They still can lays egg some eggs and brood the chick. Some breed chciken such as new hampshire red and the rhode island red has hen with spurs.