Selection of Breeding Hen, Laying Hen and Breeding Cock/Rooster

• Hens with wide pubic bone and reaching maturity stage earlier, should be selected for breeding.

• For laying hens selection, hens that have thick feathers with good brooding capacity and good rearing efficiency, should be selected.

• For Layering purposes, hens should have a shorter non-laying period with a high laying rate.

• Laying hens that have below 2 characters have high egg-laying capacity with large size eggs;

• 4 fingers-size, between the posterior end of the keel bone and the pubic bone and

• 3 fingers-size, between two pubic bones  

• Breeding rooster should have the capacity to control the whole flock of chickens.

For example – Rooster with characters of giving priority to hens while feeding and mediating when hens are fighting.

 

 

 

Figure 4 Good Rearing Hen (Source: Myanmar Village Chicken)