Layer raising for egg production in Banpho, Chacheungsao
1993
Suraphon Setthabut | Anucha Saengsophon (King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Lat Krabang, Bangkok (Thailand). Facutly of Agricultural Technology)
Results indicated that the majority of the respondents were males (75.45 percent) with the everage of 42 years; almost all (93.63 percent) were married with primary level of educational attainment (48.18 percent). Average family labour was 3 persons, their major occupation was layer raising and rice plantation as their minor occupation. They owned agricultural land at average about 15 rais per family with and average labor hired of 5 persons per farm. Majority of them (76.37 percent) spent about 10-12 working hours per day in farm activities, average farm income was 343,259 baht per month. The average capacity of layer raising was 14,804 birds per farm at the commercial pullets replacement 3 crops per year. Rearing cages were used in the house at the average of 453 square m. The farmers mixed chicken feed by themselves in order to reduce the feed cost. Average feed consumption was 120-130 grams per layer per day with the average egg production was 10,978 eggs per day. The sale price of assorted eggs were 1.13 baht per egg. The overall production cost was about 353.81 baht per layer which consisted of variable cost 344.68 baht and fixed cost 9.13 baht. This means that the average egg cost per egg was only 1.12 baht. Most of diseases outbreake were Gumboro, Newcastle and infections Bronchitis. The problems on ectoparasites and endoparasites were mite, round worm and flat worm. The farmers always encountered the problems about disease outbreake, shortage of feed material and the feed price which was too expensive, the low egg price caused the farmers get loss. Even the insufficient funds for farm expansion.
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