Suguna provides you with tips to ensure that you achieve and benefit maximum performance. In order to achieve a healthy number of day-old chicks, it is essential to understand the requirements of the Parent Stock flock at each stage of its life.
Suguna provides you with tips to ensure that you achieve and benefit maximum performance. In order to achieve a healthy number of day-old chicks, it is essential to understand the requirements of the Parent Stock flock at each stage of its life.
The critical age objectives for Parent Stock are summarized below for your convenience:
| Age | Key Objectives |
| 1-3 days | Appetite development |
| 3-28 days | Achievement of target bodyweights at 7, 14, 21 and 28 days |
| 28 days | Grade. Target is < 12 CV% at 28 days to permit 2 way grading |
| 28-56 days | Control growth within each graded population |
| 56-70 days | Stabilize populations to achieve correct incremental growth |
| 70 days | Re-draw bodyweight targets (if required) |
| 70-105 days | Achieve correct incremental growth |
| 105 days | Increase feed to stimulate growth Re-draw bodyweight targets (if required) |
| 105-140 days | Achieve correct incremental growth |
| 140-154 days | Give first light increase |
| 140-161 days | Achieve correct incremental growth emphasizing uniformity of sexual maturity |
| 161-210 days | Increase feed in response to egg production, bodyweight gain and egg weight gain |
| 210 days- depletion | Control bodyweight gain and egg weight by removing feed. Manage males by observation of bird condition. Remove non-working males to maintain mating ratios |
It is important to note that management requirements for male and female stock vary for each stage of rearing and to prepare them for sexual maturity. We encourage you to consult Suguna’s experts who will guide you to gain optimum performance throughout the lifecycle of the parent stock.
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