Each buyer knows how to distinguish a home egg from a farm egg or from a poultry farm, which has recently become an almost indistinguishable concept. The yolk will tell the attentive consumer everything about the conditions of keeping and feeding the bird. If you can increase the size of the egg by adding all kinds of chemical additives in the diet of laying hens, then the natural color of the yolk is not possible to fake. An orange or deep yellow color indicates that laying hens ate at home natural food, and not harmful chemicals to increase egg production.
That is why buyers are looking for regular suppliers of eggs that have laid hens at home. And they are not afraid of the terrible stories about Salmonella, realizing that proper, balanced, natural nutrition develops immunity in a living being, which kills any pathogenic bacterium in a timely manner.
As you know, demand forms the market. And the demand for a home egg influenced the increase in entrepreneurs who made the egg business one of the main sources of income. Let's look at the difference between breeding chickens at home. Firstly, here it should be decided which method of content to apply. There are two types of poultry keeping : free-range and free-range. As the name implies, the homeless keeping of chickens at home limits their freedom of movement with the help of cages. The walking or free method does not imply complete expanse for the bird, but allows the muscles to maintain their tone and dates the ability of the hens to rush in certain places - nests. There is no unequivocal opinion on the maintenance of laying hens, the choice depends on the available space and the possibilities of the economy.
Secondly, you need to clearly understand the volume of the feed base. Satisfying the needs of poultry and increasing egg production is possible by finding a balanced diet. Given that the main task for us is to provide natural fodder, we will have to take care of the availability of grain and mineral additives in the required quantities for the selected breed of chicken.
Laying hens at home eat grain mixes from wheat, barley, millet, corn, etc. very well. The need for mineral supplements is easily met by residents of coastal regions - sea shell contains not only calcium, but also iodized salts, which ensure the normal functioning of a living organism. For residents of other regions, a mixture of building sand, chalk and salt will serve as a replacement. Also, the lack of minerals and the need for other necessary nutrients at home make up for ordinary fresh green grass and weeds, such as thistles and nettles. They must be added to the diet in powdered form, can be mixed with crushed grain. Bone meal is of great importance for the formation of a hard white shell, but in the absence of the ability to get this product, at home you can replace it with ordinary fish waste. By introducing into the diet daily feeding porridge cooked on fish or meat broth from bones, fins, intestines and heads of any available living creatures. Or by periodically adding a certain amount of salt kilka to the feed. Often, dairy animals are kept in the household: cows, goats, sheep. Laying hens at home willingly drink dairy waste, whey, and the remnants of fermented milk products, such as cottage cheese, which will fill the birdโs need for calcium.
Thirdly, you must have a market. The costs of delivery, payment of a trading place, salary to the seller should be no more than a third of the proceeds from the sale of eggs.
So, comparing the described subtleties of laying hens with their capabilities, each entrepreneur can draw conclusions about the possibility of such a business at home.