Egg Production and Chick Production Cost of Indigenous Chicken (Praduhangdum Chiang Mai 1) Raised in Battery Cages

Abstract

Data are collected from 360 heads of Praduhangdum Chiang Mai 1 breeding hens, generation 6, being mated by artificial insemination and raised in single battery cages at Chiang Mai Livestock Breeding and Research Center. The result from 1 year laying period revealed that total egg production from month 1 to 6 and month 1 to 12 were 82.32 ± 21.90, 146.95 ± 34.32 eggs/bird, respectively. Fertility, hatchability from fertile eggs and hatchability from egg set were 82.74 ± 2.96, 82.39 ± 3.30 and 68.20 ± 3.85 %, respectively. Production cost of 1 day old chicks from breeding hens at 6 and 12 months of laying period were 10.40 and 9.89 baht/bird, respectively.