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EGG-LAYING CYCLE [1 record]

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Record 1 2021-08-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Poultry Production
DEF

The number of consecutive days during which a hen lays without a break ...

OBS

[It] can vary in length from 12 days to nearly a year. The best heavy-breed hens in peak production lay about 40 eggs in a cycle ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des volailles
CONT

Les cycles de ponte. Selon les poules, on peut avoir des cycles en cinq jours suivis d'un ou deux jours de pause, ou en trois jours puis deux jours séparés chacun par un jour de pause.

Spanish

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