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Owners of private farms, aiming to get eggs from chickens first, and then meat, try to find the most egg-laying breed of chickens. This raises a dilemma. A self-bred breed usually does not have a very large number of eggs. And the size and quality may be unsatisfactory. Chickens laying large eggs in large numbers often cannot be bred as they are commercial crosses. Such an industrial egg cross is Lohmann Brown - a breed of chickens created by the German company Lohmann Tirsucht.
The firm, of course, keeps the parental breeds of crosses and the crossing technology a secret. But today there are already at least 5 types of egg-laying crosses in its assortment.
Breed of chickens Loman Brown: description, content on a private courtyard
Chickens of the German breed Loman Brown are, without exaggeration, one of the best for obtaining egg products. They may not even be considered a source of meat. Strictly egg direction dictates the structural features and size of these chickens. To put it simply: "a good laying hen is never fat."
Oddly enough, but even in broken brown you can get confused. When searching for information in the Russian-speaking space, it seems that there is only one such chicken. Even if it's an egg cross. In fact, the Lohmann Tirsucht company has created two varieties of Loman chickens: classic and bleached. In the picture above, these two types are extreme.
The shoes are very similar. Offhand, only a specialist chicken-maker can figure them out, so it often seems that Broken Brown is a breed of chickens, the description of which is contradictory. But it is more likely that different crosses are described.
The sex of the chicken is clear from the first day: the cockerels are yellow, the hens are red.
Understand what type of Loman Brown chickens you need using a photo and description
Lohman brown classic
It turns out a play on words, but this is a chicken of a classic brown color. The classic cross has a small head with a small, leaf-shaped red ridge. The eyes are red-orange. Earrings of medium size, red. The lobes and face are red.
The neck is short and thin. The body is horizontal. The back and loin are straight, relatively wide. The chest is weakly muscled. The belly is wide and full. The tail is directed almost at an angle of 90 ° to the horizon. The legs are short, the muscles are poorly developed. Metatarsus yellow, unfeathered.
Egg characteristics of the breed of chickens Loman Brown Classic may be different depending on the conditions of detention.
| Cellular content | Yard content |
Puberty | 140 - 150 days | 140 - 150 days |
Peak productivity | 26 - 30 weeks | 26 - 30 weeks |
Number of eggs in 12 months | 315 — 320 | 295 — 305 |
Number of eggs in 14 months | 350 — 360 | 335 — 345 |
Egg weight at a laying age of 12 months. | 63.5 - 64.5 g | 63.5 - 64.5 g |
Egg weight at a laying age of 14 months. | 64 - 65 g | 64 - 65 g |
Pullet weight | at 20 weeks 1.6 - 1.7 kg | at 18 weeks 1.6 - 1.7 kg |
Layer weight at the end of the production period | 1.9 - 2.1 kg | 1.9 - 2.1 kg |
Eggshells are brown or beige.
Loman brown clarified
The main exterior characteristics of the clarified cross are similar to classic broken brown. The crosses differ in the number, weight and quality of eggs. This cross is intended for markets where the weight of the egg is not important, but the strength of the shell is important.
Egg characteristics of Loman Brown clarified laying hens:
- the beginning of oviposition at 4.5 - 5 months;
- peak productivity 26 - 30 weeks;
- number of eggs per 12 months - 315-320;
- number of eggs in 14 months - 355-360;
- egg weight at the age of 62 - 63 g;
- egg weight at 14 months 62.5 - 63.5 g;
- pullet weight 1.55 - 1.65 kg;
- the weight of an adult laying hen at the end of the productive period is 1.9 - 2.1 kg.
Pros of both types of crosses:
- excellent layers;
- good temperament;
- unpretentiousness and endurance;
- good hatchability in an incubator;
- high survival rate of chickens;
- lack of incubation instinct.
The latter is a plus if the goal of the farm is to produce eggs. If for some reason you want to get offspring from laying hens of the Broken Brown breed without an incubator, then the plus turns into a minus. And a picture like the one below is only possible in a photo advertising lomanov as high-quality layers.
The disadvantages, from the point of view of a private trader, include the lack of meat productivity. By the end of the laying season, the broken bones are skeletons covered with hard skin. They have nothing.
The short laying season cannot even be called a disadvantage, since this situation is inherent in all egg-laying breeds. The body of a bird wears out very quickly due to the production of an unnatural number of eggs.
Due to so many factors affecting the productivity of chickens, reviews of the Loman Brown chicken breed are often at opposite poles.
In the last video, the owner most likely bought a factory cull disguised as young. Or, given the presence of worms, these were birds from a farm with very poor living conditions.
Conditions of keeping and feeding
Lomany are unpretentious and easily adapt to the conditions of detention in a private courtyard. But due to the intensity of laying, they require increased feeding. The flushing of minerals from the chicken's body leads either to the appearance of a very thin shell in the egg, or to its complete absence. This is especially true of the "classic" cross, which lays very large eggs.
Plus, with a lack of nutrients, minerals and trace elements, hens begin to peck at their own eggs. In this way, they try to restore the disturbed balance in the body. The problem is that if you do not take action quickly, necessity turns into a bad habit, which "infects" all the chickens in the chicken coop. As a result, it will be necessary to eliminate the existing livestock and start a new one. At poultry farms, the issue is solved in a radical way, by cutting the beaks of chickens. It is believed that in this case, the laying hens will not only lose the opportunity to fight with each other, but also will not be able to eat eggs.
You can contain breaks in three ways:
- in cell batteries;
- On the floor;
- in a chicken coop with perches.
Each method has its own pros and cons.
The cellular content of Loman Brown chickens in the photo.
Space is greatly saved, and chickens do not have the opportunity to peck eggs. The laid egg rolls out of the cage. This increases the level of egg production in chickens. But this method of content provokes neuroses and self-discord, as well as aggression towards neighbors.
Outdoor maintenance softens nervous tension in chickens. Attacks of aggression are reduced. But keeping birds on the floor gives them the opportunity to eat eggs. Also, the chicken can crush the egg while moving. Egg production with this type of content is lower than with cage, and requires the owner to collect eggs several times during the day.
Even the arrangement of boxes for nests may not save some of the eggs from destruction, since a bird must have an instinct for incubation to lay eggs in a box. In fact, if a hen lays eggs in the chosen place, then she is arranging a nest.
Often, the box does not play the role of a nesting place, but a shelter where the chicken can safely get rid of the load. Often several hens lay eggs in the most "secret" box.
Perched chicken coops do not play a significant role in keeping the eggs safe, but they help the chickens feel safe upstairs. A calm chicken runs better.
As for the diet, the optimal solution would be to feed industrial compound feed for layers. Trying to independently balance the diet of industrial egg-laying chickens is a futile exercise.
Reviews of broken lines from their owners
Conclusion
Both types of Broken Brown have high egg production. Lomanov today is willingly kept not only in industrial factories, but also in private houses. This egg-laying breed fully justifies the feed expended on it.
