Modern poultry farming in Russia: history, prospects

Poultry farming has become one of the most profitable and important sectors of the Russian economy, since bird breeding is a relatively simple species. A species is an evolutionarily established set of individuals, characterized by a single ... agriculture, capable of providing the population with nutritious and healthy products - eggs, meat and fat, as well as providing raw materials for recycling - fluff, feathers and droppings.

Poultry farming is one of the areas that makes a significant contribution not only to the country’s economy, but also ensures its food security by supplying markets with high-quality animal protein necessary to maintain the health of the human body.

Industrial poultry farming in Russia

In Russia, as in other countries of the world, the poultry industry is one of the leading ones, as it provides Russians not only with high-quality natural food products, but also with raw materials for industrial processing (feather, down and droppings). Every year there is an increase in products produced by the poultry industry. If we consider the percentage ratio, then in 2016 the amount of poultry meat and eggs supplied to the Russian market increased by five percent compared to 2014.

Thanks to breeding work aimed at improving captive characteristics and breeding new breeds, the poultry industry in Russia is developing at a rapid pace. This became possible thanks to the introduction of new technologies relating to feed production and the poultry feeding system itself on farms.

Currently, seventeen egg breeds of poultry and eleven meat breeds are raised in the country's poultry farms. The leaders are breeds bred in Russia. If you add up all the poultry farms in the country, then in total it turns out that they contain three hundred sixty to three hundred eighty million different breeds of poultry. And these figures are growing every year. Based on the above information, we can say that the history of the development of poultry farming in Russia, from the tenth century to the present day, has undergone many changes, which indicates the confident development of the poultry industry, which in the near future may become a leader among other agricultural industries.

The first mention of domestic chicken appeared in the tenth century. This became known thanks to archaeological excavations carried out in the country. Archaeologists have found the remains of birds and their images on scrolls and dishes. The first book on poultry farming was published in 1774. It clearly outlined information on breeding poultry and developing new breeds.

The next book devoted to this topic was published in 1790. I.I.Abozin is considered the most honored poultry breeder of that time, who wrote many books and articles on poultry breeding. It was he who first classified chicken breeds. This classification is still used today.

From the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries, poultry farming was considered the most backward agricultural sector. At that time, poultry was bred by peasants; they raised it mainly for their masters. But starting from the sixties of the 19th century, new productive breeds of birds began to be acquired abroad, which became a new milestone in the development of this industry.

Since 1913, the poultry population began to increase sharply. In 1914, with the outbreak of the Civil War, poultry farming suffered significantly. From 1918 to 1920, the industry was actively restored. From 1874 to 1953, many discoveries were made in the field of poultry farming, which helped this industry in its further development.

Over the next ten years, large poultry farms began to be created, which were aimed at raising chickens and breeding new breeds. Since the thirties, poultry research centers have been created throughout the country. Their creation entailed the intensification of the development of the poultry farming industry.

When the Great Patriotic War began, the poultry industry again had to face huge losses. By 1955, the industry began to recover, and nine years later scientists began to note the prerequisites for intensive development. Since 1961, the poultry industry has been replenished with new breeds imported from Europe, and since then active hybridization has begun. Four years later, the hybrid bird began to bring good growth to the entire economy of the country.

Since 1971, the material and technical base of the country's industrial poultry farming began to strengthen. They began to use new feed production technologies and equipment, new breeds were developed, and the number of poultry increased. And in 1990, production turnover reached such a pace that this industry became one of the leading among other agricultural industries.

Now the improvement and modernization of industries is proceeding along a scientific line. For this purpose, both scientists and business executives have been involved. Poultry farmers hope that within a couple of decades the poultry industry will become the leading agricultural industry in the country and will help Russia overcome the shortage of its own food raw materials, such as meat and eggs.

Prospects for poultry farming

The future of poultry farming is private poultry farming enterprises that are well equipped both technically and economically. Having a sufficient technical base and a sensible marketing approach, a poultry farm can produce up to hundreds of products: from banal meat products and semi-finished products to dietary and baby food.

Investments and clear planning of funds in the poultry industry can bring excellent dividends, despite the initial “frightening” prospect.

Poultry farming is the future of Russia; it is an area of agriculture that is at the starting point of development in our country. But this makes the prospects for poultry farming even more attractive.

Development of poultry farming in Russia

Due to agricultural reforms in 1990, domestic poultry products lost their popularity due to the uncontrolled growth of imports from abroad. Since 2000, the current government began to correct the mistakes of its predecessors by giving poultry farming the green light. The prerequisite for this was the founding of the All-Russian Union of Poultry Farmers, which united all enterprises that were in one way or another related to the poultry industry.

And by 2010, the volume of chicken meat supplied to markets increased by two thousand eight hundred and sixty tons. Imported meat decreased by seventeen percent. The basis of Russian poultry farming is its industrial enterprises for growing poultry.

From 2006 to 2010, the industry attracted two hundred billion rubles of investment, thanks to which productivity indicators and egg production increased. Now the poultry industry is striving to increase its competitiveness by mastering innovative developments in the processing of meat and eggs. The number of enterprises producing a wide range of meat and egg products has also increased. In recent years, the percentage of supplies to the duck and turkey meat markets has been significantly increased.

GOSTs and Standards for meat and eggs

TR CU 021/2011 - “On the safety of food products.”
GOST 31962-2013 - “Chicken meat (chicken carcasses, chickens, broiler chickens and their parts). Technical conditions".
TR CU 043/2013 - “On the safety of meat and meat products.”
GOST 31654-2012—“Edible chicken eggs. Technical conditions".

The EurAsEC Regulation “On the safety of poultry meat and its processed products” is currently being developed. Until the document is adopted, the Standards listed above are used. The conformity of the quality of unprocessed meat and eggs is confirmed by the conclusion of a sanitary and veterinary examination. Processed products, including semi-finished products, are subject to declaration.

The conclusion is issued after an inspection by the state veterinary organization. The declaration of conformity is issued at an accredited Certification Center. Only a manufacturer registered as an individual entrepreneur or organization can receive it.

The entire process of movement of agricultural products from the moment of shipment by the manufacturer until they reach the retail chain is accompanied by veterinary accompanying documents (VSD). Their registration in the state information system “Mercury” is mandatory.

Egg farming

Egg production is one of the most important parts of the agro-industrial complex of our country, providing the population with natural, high-quality animal protein. In order for this area of poultry farming to grow and develop, it is necessary to monitor the increase in the specific gravity of eggs that are processed to subsequently obtain high-quality liquid egg products.

Compared to other countries, Russia still produces very few such products, so experts suggest starting to produce fermented protein and yolk and egg products with various additives. After all, the egg is a storehouse of useful elements that can be obtained using the extraction method. Primarily these are lysozyme and lecithin, which are used in the food, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries.

In order to overcome the crisis situation and maintain growth in poultry production, it is necessary to increase production efficiency by introducing new technologies and reducing unproductive costs. It is also necessary to ensure the rhythmic operation of poultry breeding enterprises, because the success of the poultry farming industry as a whole will depend on their work.

Poultry equipment

Today it is not difficult to buy both imported and domestic equipment for industrial poultry farming. Its quality and productivity directly affect the profitability of the enterprise. Farms predominantly purchase equipment from Russian manufacturers, which is associated with a lower cost, the ability to purchase equipment on lease, with state-subsidized loans, without high delivery costs. Foreign models are of higher quality and have a corresponding price.

The most famous manufacturers of domestic equipment

Industrial incubators

This category includes devices with the ability to simultaneously lay more than 5 thousand eggs. Most models are designed for breeding all breeds of poultry: chickens, geese, ducks, turkeys. The devices are divided into incubation (preliminary) and hatcher cabinets. With traditional technology, the first eggs are kept for up to 18 days, after which they are ovoscopic and placed in hatcher trays for 3 days, where the chicks are born. Some models combine incubation and hatching of young animals.

The most common industrial incubators: IUP-F-45, Stimul (50P, 18I), RP 03-033, IUV-F-15, IFKh-500. The price of products depends on the functionality of the design, material of manufacture and mainly on capacity. An incubator for 2-3 thousand eggs can be bought for 60-150 thousand rubles; one designed for simultaneous hatching of 45 thousand chickens costs more than a million rubles.

Floor and cage equipment

In poultry farming, about 75% of foreign floor equipment and about 60% of cage equipment are used. This is due to the fact that cage technology for keeping poultry is more common in our country. The advisability of choosing a growing method depends on various reasons, both have pros and cons.

The most famous systems for floor-mounted poultry farming: "Roxell" (Belgium), "Ronar B.V.", "Chor-time" (Holland), "Facco" (Italy), "Valko" (USA), "Nezhinselmash" (Ukraine) Domestic kits: TsBK, ONChB and OBR-00.000. They include in the package:

bunkers, conveyor loaders;
feed dispensers with 4 lines (up to 500 feeders);
drinking bowls - 5 lines (number of nipples up to 2 thousand).

When using cage technology for keeping broilers, battery cages are used: BKM-3, KBU-3, KVI-1M, KP-8L, KP-25, TBCB, TBTSU, TBB of Russian production. To a lesser extent, Italian equipment (“Valli”), German (“BigDuchman”, “Hartmann”), Dutch and Spanish. Batteries can be single or multi-tiered. At the same time, in 3- and 4-tier sets, the yield of meat products increases by 2.5–3 times compared to floor poultry housing in the same area.

Comparative characteristics of several common battery models

In addition to the main types of equipment described above, the technological process, depending on the scale and specialization, uses equipment for feed production, slaughter and poultry processing, egg sorting machines, refrigerators for storing products, air conditioning and ventilation systems.

Breeding innovations

Scientists involved in breeding new breeds of poultry believe that in a couple of decades they will begin to use genetic engineering in poultry farming. And to prepare for this, it is necessary to preserve the biological diversity of rare and endangered breeds.

Technological process of poultry breeding

This business is the most promising direction for farms, since it requires much less financial investment than cattle breeding, and does not involve renting large agricultural areas. This is an “early ripening” production, little dependent on weather conditions. What breeds of birds to breed, everyone decides for himself, depending on interests, local conditions and demand.

Regulatory documents to refer to:

RD-APK 1.10.05.04-13 - Methodological recommendations for technological design of poultry enterprises.
Order No. 104 of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation dated 04/03/2006 - On approval of veterinary rules for keeping birds at closed poultry enterprises (poultry farms).
Order of the Ministry of Agriculture No. 103 of 04/03/2006 - “On approval of veterinary rules for keeping birds on private backyards of citizens and open poultry farms.”

Chickens

If the farmer's goal is meat production, then broiler breeding would be the best choice. Advantages: a chicken coop requires a small area, the period of growing marketable poultry is about 2 months. The main conditions: compliance with the feeding ration, provision of light and warmth. The business is based on a one-time purchase of chickens and subsequent incubation to maintain the flock. The main activities of the farm include several technological processes:

growing and fattening broilers;
regular incubation of chickens from eggs;
sale of meat and by-products;
production of our own feed.

Broiler maintenance

In practice, two technologies for breeding meat chickens are used: floor and cage. The choice depends on the purpose, the size of the available premises and the availability of funds. Keeping chickens in cages (batteries) gives meat yield per 1 square meter. m. is 30–40% more and provides 20% more profit. However, cellular equipment is more expensive and pays off on average in 3–4 years, while floor-standing equipment takes 2–2.5 years. In turn, with floor maintenance, the costs of communications and electricity increase.

Basic set of equipment for raising chickens for meat:

incubators for hatching chickens;
fan heaters (heaters);
bunkers for placing mixed feed;
drinking bowls (can, nipple);
automatic feeders;
lamps.

The room must have a ventilation and water supply system. With floor technology, it is necessary to install a lattice, mesh, or slatted floor for deep bedding. When kept in cages, you will have to buy special equipment - multi-tiered cage batteries.

The main condition for success in poultry farming is compliance with the feeding regime. The share of feed in the cost of 1 kg of chicken meat reaches 75%. Main ingredients:

wheat - 66–69%;
corn - 33–35%;
Sunflower meal - 20%;
vegetable oil - 3–5%;
meat and bone meal - up to 7%;
vitamin, bioactive supplements.

On private farms, chickens are fattened for 45-55 days, with an average weight at slaughter of 2.2 kg. The maximum load per person is about 4.5 thousand heads, for two workers up to 10 thousand heads.

Breeding chickens of egg breeds

Chicken eggs are in constant demand, their consumption is approximately 290 eggs per person per year. Chickens of foreign crosses “Hisex Brown”, “High Line”, “Lohmann” are distinguished by good egg production. Many Russian breeding farms are engaged in their breeding.

The products of laying hens are obtained already in the 5th month of keeping, the average lifespan is 1 year. Each chicken produces 180–200 eggs per year, while feed consumption is about 36 kg. Profitability depends on the feed used; it increases with our own production of feed and reaches 20%.

Geese

Goose meat is in demand everywhere, but there is not enough of it in stores. The weight of a goose at the age of 60 days reaches 4–5 kg, and by the ninth month they reach sexual maturity and gain weight up to 6–7 kg. In addition, with special fattening, a delicious product is obtained - liver, the weight of which can be 0.5 kg. To successfully raise geese, you need to consider the following features:

Large birds require a significant area for keeping. In a room S=2 thousand m2 you can keep a herd of about 3,000 heads (the norm is 1.5 geese/m2). There should be walking areas with a pond on the street.
The average lifespan for keeping geese is 4 years. Sexual maturity occurs at the age of 240–270 days. Therefore, an annual renewal of the herd by approximately 30% is required through repairs (incubation and purchase of day-old young animals).
When growing, combined feeds are used: dry concentrated and succulent green feeds. In the summer, if pasture is available, geese completely satisfy their food needs from grass. Its optimal size is about 6 acres for 3-4 birds.
The profitability of breeding geese is approximately 20-22% without taking into account the initial investment in equipment, purchase of premises and land rental. The cost of feed is 50-55% of the price of meat.

To ensure the technological process, you will need to buy an industrial incubator. Goslings need heating for the first 4 months. Then they can live in an unheated room. Availability of water for drinking and water procedures is required. Geese are slaughtered 3-4 times a year.

Ducks

Almost only farms and small agricultural enterprises are involved in raising ducks. They grow quickly compared to other birds, are unpretentious and are little susceptible to disease. When raised for meat, Mulard ducks (a hybrid of the Indian duck and the Peking breed) have recently been increasingly used. They produce meat with a reduced fat content and are suitable for fattening to produce foie gras (liver). Duck breeding technology is not very complicated.

To accommodate 200 birds you need a room of about 200 square meters. m. They use both floor and cellular technology. A combined method with cage placement after reaching 30 days of age is often used.
The optimal fattening period for duck slaughter is 52 days. If a balanced diet is followed, by this age they gain a weight of 2.8–3.4 kg.
The best feed is mixed feed that includes wheat, corn, sunflower and soybean cake with the obligatory addition of chalk, vitamin and mineral supplements (premix).

Feed conversion reaches 2.6–3.6 kg with an average consumption of 8 kg per head. The cost of 1 kg of weight is 52–54 rubles, the wholesale price is approximately 70 rubles/kg. The profitability of duck meat production is from 28 to 32%. One kilogram of packaged and ready-made foie gras liver costs about 4,000 rubles.

Turkeys (turkey)

This bird species has very good prospects for breeding. Over the past 5 years, turkey meat production in our country has increased annually by 30%, and competition in the domestic poultry market is still small. Dense, tasty meat with low fat content is in good demand among consumers. Most of it came from abroad, but with the introduction of sanctions, imports practically disappeared from store shelves.

The correct name for this bird is domestic turkey. The name used for the male is turkey (by analogy with a rooster), and for the female it is called turkey. When it comes to breeding poultry for commercial purposes, the term turkey is used.

In terms of poultry meat, turkey in many countries is a big competitor to broiler. Just like chickens, it is raised using floor and cage technology. Breeding requires industrial incubators, equipment for mechanized feeding, watering and litter removal. This is a very large, fast-growing bird, so when keeping it you need to take into account the following features.

The best results are achieved by integrated production technology. Up to 2 months of age, turkey poults are kept in cage batteries (for example, KBM-2). By this age, they gain weight of about 3 kg and begin to deform the floor of the cage.
The second part of the technological process is floor maintenance. Turkeys are raised for up to 180 days, ensuring maximum profitability. Turkeys gain weight up to 10 kg for slaughter, turkeys up to 7 kg.
When growing, they mainly use dry balanced feed that meets the recommendations for feeding poultry. (GOST 18221-99). The diet must include raw proteins and vitamins.

According to the Agrifood Strategies agency, Russia ranks first in the growth rate of turkey meat production in 2022. Experts explain this by the relative novelty of the product and predict an increase in demand. Nowadays it can be found mainly in metropolitan stores, but in medium-sized and small cities there is little or no turkey.

Breeding innovations

In a few years, geneticists are going to begin expanding the domestic gene pool of poultry, using the introduction of its wild representatives. But for this purpose, large-scale research and a thorough assessment of the gene pool are required for further selection.

To conduct research, scientists will use a molecular genetic control system, which is based on samples from the genotype of various breeds of birds. This technique is informative, less labor-intensive, and allows chicks to be diagnosed immediately after birth. This means that it will be possible to breed stronger and more productive breeds that are not susceptible to diseases and other negative factors that affect the growth and vital activity of poultry as a whole.

Features of feeding

Proper feeding is the most important point in poultry farming. You can feed the bird with wet, dry and combined food. As wet food, a mixture of ground cereals, grains and concentrated protein supplements is used. Water, whey or milk with a low fat concentration are added to such feeds. Juicy feed or broth can be added to this feed additive. Vitamins are also added to wet feed additives.

Dry feed additives are represented by complete feeds, which can be sold in the form of granules or ground. Such feeds are enriched with vitamins and minerals. Combined feeds are a regular feed additive combined with grain or wet food.

Feed Innovations

In recent years, geneticists and breeders have managed to develop a breed of broilers that grow well and gain weight. The result of their research was improved feed conversion, which also leads to rapid weight gain in birds of different breeds. But along with the achievements, problems also appeared. Due to the use of new feed, some breeds of birds began to react more strongly to stress, their immunity decreased, and the bird began to get sick.

This problem was quickly solved by launching new feed mixtures with synthetic amino acids and vitamin supplements. But still, feed mixtures do not yet meet modern requirements. As new breeds began to be developed, other requirements for feed began to appear, for example, a higher content of nutrients and mineral salts.

Many experts believe that there is no need to oversaturate feed additives with minerals, since the droppings of this bird pollute the environment. Therefore, in the production of new feeds, they began to use the minimum permissible amount of these elements. New feeds not only improved the health of the poultry population, but also had a positive effect on the density of eggshells. Also, such feed additives made the bird’s skeleton stronger and relieved them of frequent joint problems.

More zinc has been added to broiler feed, which affects the weight gain and quality of meat of adult chickens, which strengthens the immune system of newborn chickens and reduces their mortality.

Poultry products and bird breeds

Since the twentieth century, poultry farmers have divided their industry into meat and egg production. Chickens of various breeds are considered the main source of eggs for poultry farmers. But since the nineties, quail eggs began to appear on store shelves, in addition to chicken eggs. Nowadays, large hypermarkets have also begun to sell goose and ostrich eggs, which in the past were a curiosity, but modern poultry farming does not stand still, allowing consumers to enjoy the fruits of their labors, or rather, healthy and environmentally friendly products.

Unlike eggs, things with meat in poultry farming are much simpler, since meat products are sold from almost all types of poultry. Chicken meat production has been established for a long time. The main meat breed is the broiler, which is an artificially bred breed created to provide the poultry industry with high-quality meat in large quantities.

In addition to chicken meat, turkey meat is also common in the poultry industry. Turkeys are the largest meat bird. The weight of an adult turkey is from seven to nine kilograms. Guinea fowl meat is also in great demand. It tastes similar to partridge meat, but is more tender and nutritious. Guinea fowl eggs have a peculiar taste, but they are very healthy. Quails are grown for both meat and egg products. They are especially in demand among restaurants and supermarkets. Geese are bred for meat and down, as are ducks.

Expensive fuel, electricity, feed additives and poultry equipment for small farms are a big problem. But, be that as it may, small farmers still have scope for activity. Compared to large poultry farms, they can raise poultry using high-quality feed additives, which means their products will be much higher quality than what the poultry farm offers.

Of course, such products are in greater demand, even despite the high cost. Owners of mini-farms breed poultry, as they are omnivorous. Fruits and vegetables, as well as grain waste, can be added to feed additives, which significantly reduces feed costs.

Technological innovation

Russian experience in raising broilers suggests that only if resource-saving technologies are used can one compete with other countries in raising this breed of bird.

This set of measures includes the correct selection of a feeding system and the use of special batteries for incubators. Many believe that in this way the industry will return to the past, but in fact, this is the prospects for the development of poultry farming in Russia in the future.

In the nineties, this technology was already practiced and quite successfully, but then for some reason poultry farming again returned to the standard type of cultivation. Experts believe that this trend is observed due to a lack of funds for the special equipment required for cell cultivation.

There are many benefits to this type of growing. Firstly, chickens get sick less. Secondly, they gain weight faster and it is much easier to feed them this way, since they are limited in space. It is for this reason that foreign poultry experts advise Russians to switch to this model of poultry farming.

Origin and evolution of poultry

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Agricultural poultry refers to various types of poultry, which are used to obtain food and raw materials for technical purposes.

Birds appeared on Earth more than 30-40 million years ago. Their ancestor is considered to be the first bird Archeopteryx. The evolutionary process lasted many millions of years, and it continues to this day.

§1. Time and place of poultry domestication

Our distant ancestors used the bird exclusively as an object of hunting. As people settled down, it became necessary to have food directly near their home. This is what caused the first attempts to domesticate the bird.

Opinions about the time and place of domestication of chickens are quite controversial. Until recently, it was believed that chickens were domesticated in Northern India in the city under the modern name of Mohenjo-Daro around 3250 BC. However, research by paleozoologists in recent years indicates that the bone remains of chickens discovered during excavations in Northern China correspond to a time of about 6000 BC. In Europe, similar osteological material was found in Greece (dating back to 4000-3000 BC), Romania (6000 BC), Ukraine (4000-2500 BC), Iran (390,000 BC). Based on this information, scientists came to the conclusion that the center of origin of domestic chickens should be considered Southeast Asia

(time about 8000 BC
),
and chickens could have come to India from China or been domesticated in India independently and later.

Over time, chickens spread widely throughout the world. In Egyptian tombs built before 2000 BC .,

there are many drawings and bas-reliefs depicting birds (Fig. 1.1). In Greece, chickens were considered sacred animals and were kept at temples. They were depicted on coins, vases, sarcophagi, and warriors’ shields (Fig. 1.2, 1.3).

Central and Southeast Asia are considered the birthplace of modern Chinese geese. Domestication of geese occurred in different countries, they were tamed and domesticated more than 4,000 years ago; in China - around the middle of the third millennium, and in India - in the second millennium BC. e.

Domestication of ducks also occurred in a number of countries in Asia, Europe, North and South America around the 5th century. BC e.

The turkey is a bird of ancient American origin. Archaeological excavations indicate that Indians bred turkeys as early as 1000 BC. e.

Guinea fowl were domesticated on the African continent, apparently in the state of Numidia, even before the new era, from where they were brought to Europe.

Charles Darwin's assumption that the wild ancestor of domestic chickens is the wild bank chicken is confirmed by data from modern molecular genetics.

Test questions and assignments.

1.Where and when were the main types of poultry domesticated?

Veterinary innovations

In order to rid birds of a number of diseases, Russian geneticists and veterinarians began to collaborate with foreign colleagues. The goal of such cooperation is to create an innovative vaccine that could cope with all existing problems. After some time, they managed to create it, but the trial version does not yet protect the bird from all the diseases that threaten it. Experts hope that in the next couple of years they will be able to finalize the vaccine so that all the birds they raise are healthy, and their meat and eggs only bring benefits to people.

Modern approach to vaccination and product processing

In order to preserve and improve the health of the poultry population, vaccination is necessary. The modern poultry industry uses live and inactivated vaccines for this purpose. Live injections contain a live viral strain. Often, extraembryonic fluid taken from avian embryos infected with certain viruses is used as a vaccine. Inactivated vaccines, on the contrary, contain already dead viruses.

At the moment, as an innovative approach to the health of birds, adopted from foreign colleagues, our veterinarians use a combined type of vaccination, consisting of live and non-living viruses, to combat diseases.

Poultry processing waste is used to create down filling for clothing and bed linen, which plays the role of insulation. Feather waste is used to produce feed additives enriched with natural proteins. Bird droppings are used as a natural fertilizer that is beneficial for plants. In recent years, the poultry industry has been working on such an innovation as using powder to produce feed for cattle, and the remaining waste is used to create feather and feed meal.

Poultry farming in Gatchina: a unique mini-farm

In the Gatchina district of the Leningrad region, farmer Lev Gridnev and his son Sergei have been raising poultry for many years. They talk about their hobby with enthusiasm. They raise various breeds of birds, the products of which are supplied to local supermarkets and markets. Their mini-farm occupies an entire hectare, but they do not stop there and plan to expand to provide Russians with environmentally friendly and healthy poultry products. By the way, Russians have already been able to appreciate the delicious poultry meat from Gatchina farmers.

Modern incubators in poultry farming

Nowadays, the term modern poultry incubators is associated with the direct breeding of poultry, and not only at home, but also in production. This technique is an essential element of modern poultry farming. Its use makes the work of the poultry farmer easier and allows you to breed any breed of birds without the problems associated with this process. All incubator models have a fully automatic mechanism that is capable of carrying out the incubation process without human intervention, creating a favorable environment for future chickens.

Modern incubation equipment is equipped with automatic temperature and humidity sensors, and also has additional functionality that allows you to create the necessary microclimate and the best conditions for the development of chicks.

Many incubators are equipped with a mechanism that can turn the eggs, ionize the air, and provide signals to alert the chicks to the presence of the mother hen. Due to its multifunctionality, this equipment represents an alternative to natural breeding of chicks. Using an incubator gives excellent results with minimal time investment.