Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4 Western Australia, Series 4
Volume 3
Number 6 1962 Article 11
1-1-1962
Fifth West Australian random sample egg laying test : 1961-1962 : Fifth West Australian random sample egg laying test : 1961-1962 : progressive laying report to April 29, 1962
progressive laying report to April 29, 1962
P Smetana F. A. E. Hunt
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WEST AUSTRALIAN RANDOM SAMPLE EGG LAYING TEST, 1961-1962
PROGRESSIVE LAYING REPORT TO APRIL 29, 1962
By P. SMETANA, B.Sc. (Agric.) and F. A. E. HUNT, Poultry Branch
iHIS report covers the first 18 weeks of the official 50-week laying period.
Entries are ranked in order of profit but it should be understood that the profit figure consists only of income from the sale of eggs less feed costs from eight weeks of age. No allowance has been made for costs such as the cost of day old chicks, labour, water, medication, electricity, de- preciation, rates, interest on capital and so on.
The progressive total for mortality in this test is 207 birds since day old com- pared with 258 for the previous test, which contained one less entry. Deaths attribu- table to the various forms of leucosis amount to 73 in the current test as against 139 in the fourth test for a similar period.
Egg production continued to be satisfac- tory and the number of eggs per bird
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housed shows an increase on that for the corresponding period last year.
There has been no improvement in egg size however, and the average egg weight of 1.78 ozs. for all entries cannot be con- sidered satisfactory. Individual records for most entries indicate that some atten- tion should be given to this point in the breeding programme.
Undue emphasis should not be placed on the results of this report, which is merely a progressive report and refers only to the one test.
For prospective chick buyers the results
of any one test are not as important as
the three year average figures which will
be published at the end of the sixth
random sample test.
FIFTH RANDOM SAMPLE LAYING TEST, 1961-62 Progressive Report to April 29th, 1962 (18 Weeks)
S a m e of entry
R a d i o H a t c h e r y H a m p t o n P o u l t r y S t u d A . Charlton
Austral H a t c h e r y D . G. H o u l t W e x h a m Hatchery Mulvra Hatchery H a m p t o n Poultry S t u d E . H . H i c k s o n M. F a w k e s * Son Chalmers H a t c h e r y T. B . Conlon S. G. Eoberts A . Tyler N . A. B e n W . A . Cook S. L . Porter A l b a n y Bell H a t c h e r y B a d i o H a t c h e r y A l b a n y Bell H a t c h e r y W . A. Cook L . T. Angel K . A . Swannell S . A . Bell W . T . A d a m s
Control T e s t Average
Breed
W L A W L / A
\VL A WT A W L A WL A W L / A
A W L A WL-'A W L / A W L / A W L / A W L / A W L / A W L / A / W L
W L / A W L / C C
A / W L W L / A A / W L W L / A W L W L W L
W L
Average Body Weight per bird
at 35 weeks of age
lb.
4 - 4 7 4-66 4 35 5 0 0 4 - 7 8 4-97 4 - 7 4 5 1 7 4 - 6 2 4 - 9 1 4-27 4 - 6 9 4 - 9 3 4-S3 4-47 4 - 3 1 4 - 8 8 4 - 7 3 4-56 4 - 8 3 4 - 8 3 4 - 7 6 4-45 3 - 9 3 4 - 1 6
3 - 5 8 4 8 1
H / H Prod.
"From 2 1 » / , weeks
8 2 - 0 7 6 - 6 7 4 - 8 6 8 - 9 6 9 - 4 7 1 - 7 7 2 - 3 8 0 - 5 B8-8 6 4 1 6 9 - 4 6 6 - 7 6 9 - 7 6 7 - 0 5 9 - 9 7 1 - 0 6 2 - 7 5 7 - 1 6 3 - 9 5 5 - 2 6 4 - 4 53 0 5 3 - 1 5 4 - 4 5 1 - 6
5 4 - 5 6 6 0
H / D Prod.
F r o m 2 1 ' / , weeks
8 2 - 0 7 8 1 7 6 - 5 7 0 - 8 7 2 0 7 4 1 7 4 - 4 8 1 - 5 7 2 - 4 6 6 - 3 7 1 - 0 6 6 - 7 71-6 6 8 - 9 6 8 - 5 74-5 6 5 - 3 fil-4 6 5 - 7 6 0 0 6 7 0 5 7 - 8 5 9 - 4 56-1 5 4 - 2
5 7 - 8 6 8 - 5
A d u l t Mortality
F r o m 2 1 V , weeks
S o . 2 3 2 3 3
a
2 5 2 3' i
4 125 5 6 5 6 4 6 7 3 5
6 3 - 9 2
Average egg Weight
ozs.
1-76 1 - 7 8 1 - 7 6 1-81 1-79 1 - 8 0 1 - 7 9 1-68 1-82 1-86 1-73 1-7-i 1-74 1-79 1-73 1-70 1-77 1-83 1-76 1-85 1 - 7 4 1-82 1-82 1-67 1 - 7 5
1-60 1-78
F e e d per bird
per d a y
07.S.
3 - 7 2 3 - 6 5 3 - 5 2 3 - 6 9 3 - 5 5 3 - 6 5 3 - 6 4 3 - 8 0 3 - 6 7 3 - 5 8 3 - 5 5 3 - 5 1 3 - 6 9 3 - 6 5 3 - 4 7 S-62 3 - 5 7 3 - 5 8 3 - 6 6 3 - 5 9 3 - 75 3 - 6 0 3 - 4 9 3 - 4 1 3 - 4 3
3 - 2 7 3 - 6 0
Kate of lay for week ended 2 9 / 4 / 6 2
6 5 - 3
%
6 7 - 2 6 3 - 6 6 8 - 3 6 3 - 4 6 0 0 6 2 - 4 6 4 - 9 6 9 - 7 6 0 1 57-1 5 7 - 8 5 4 0 5 7 - 2 5 0 0 47 -9 6 2 - 7 52-S 6 0 0 5 5 - 1 56-7 5 1 - 6 4 7 - 8 5 0 - 8 43-1
5 6 1 5 8 - 2
: P r o f i t - Income Less Feed
Costs
1 per bird
5. d.
6 4 6 3 5 10 4 9 4 '.1 4 P 4 7 4 3 4 2 3 11 3 4 3 2 2 9 2 7 2 8 2 3 2 3 2 0 1 9 1 5 1 1 1 0 0 11 Minus
II ,1
Minus 0 3 Minns
1 8 3 0
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