Selection of Good Quality Chicken Breeds
- Chicken for breeding purposes must be selected from newly hatched chicks.
- In the same flock, each chick has a different body shape, size and growth rate.
- The back of the chick should be wide, when it is viewed from above.
- Body length should be well developed.
- Chest should be wide when viewed from the front, and the feet are wide when standing.
- Chest must be narrow when the two feet are close together.
- Eyes should be clear, round and sharp.
- The practice of selling the biggest chickens in a flock first and continuing raising the rest of the small chickens, should be avoided because it leads to the loss of good quality chickens.
- The best practice to maintain good breeds is to leave and continue raising 2-3 chickens that have proper body shape and highest body weight, at the time of selling the chicken flocks.