TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Seasonal Egg Production, Quality and Profitability of a Commercial Layer Farm with Different Cage Density in Subtropical Environment
AU - Kilic, Ilker AU - Simsek, Ercan AU - , Suleyman Karaman 
JO  - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
VL  - 12
IS  - 5
SP  - 565
EP  - 572
PY  - 2013
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1680-5593
DO  - javaa.2013.565.572
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2013.565.572
KW  - Cost-benefit analysis
KW  -egg production
KW  -gross return
KW  -layer farm
KW  -seasonal variations
AB  - The environmental conditions such as temperature, humidity 
  and cage density in the hen house are the most important factors to provide 
  a profitable egg production. The feed conversion increases, more eggs are produced 
  when the environmental conditions in the hen house are set to provide a thermoneutral 
  zone. The objective of this study is to determine effects of seasonal and cage 
  density differences on profit of a commercial layer farm. This study was carried 
  out for 8 weeks in Summer, 8 weeks in Fall and 8 weeks in Winter at a commercial 
  layer farm in Bursa Province of Turkey. It has 5500 Isa Brown layers on a high-rise 
  cage system. The seasonal production costs and entrepreneurial returns of the 
  layer farm are calculated for each cage density. Significant differences among 
  seasons are observed with different indoor environmental conditions, hen-day 
  egg production, feed consumption, mortality and characteristics of egg quality 
  (p<0.01). Feed and labor costs are the most important parts of the production 
  cost. Feed costs change with seasons and cage densities. Feed costs for cages 
  with 5 hens are higher than feed costs for cages with 4 hens. If eggs were sold 
  with classification, the layer farm would gain approximately 10% more income 
  in Summer. The benefit-cost ratios, calculated to determine economic efficiency, 
  reach the highest level for cages with four hens in Fall. In this season, each 
  $1 cost in the egg production brought $1.193 gross return for the layer farm.
ER  -