Beginners amateur poultry farmers, before deciding on the purchase of chickens, collect detailed information about the features of the breed. After all, the cultivation and maintenance of chickens - a responsible matter, despite its apparent simplicity. And at the same time, the farmers want the costs to be justified by the productivity of the grown animals.
Therefore, breeders will not be mistaken if they acquire Kotlyarevskaya chicken chicks. A variety of food, dry litter in the room, regular walking will allow this meat-and-egg-looking hens to grow healthy and strong to the delight of their owner.
Breed origin
On the northern slopes of the mountains of the central part of the Caucasus, in Kabardino-Balkaria, at the breeding plant "Kotlyarevsky" a meat and egg breed of chickens was derived, which received the same name - Kotlyarevskaya. In order to derive this beautiful and productive breed, New Hampshire, Russian White, Hulled, Salmon, Zagorsk and other chickens were crossed.
Description of Kotlyarevsky chickens
The head of Kotlyarevsky chickens is small, medium in size. Characteristic feature: white and red ear lobes. The comb has a leaf shape. The color of the plumage is the most diverse: silver, brown, salmon, and others. The hens borrowed from their ancestors the inherent all sorts of plumage colors.
Features
Kotlyarevsky chicken characterized by high vitality. By purchasing chickens, the breeder will be able to raise almost everyone, because the chicks grow well and grow. They have strong immunity, able to withstand dangerous diseases.
Chickens - and the source of tasty, tender, low-calorie meat, and homemade eggs. And the eggs - not watery, which are some of the breeds grown in breeding plants. They are nutritious, have a rich taste and bright yolk.
This breed is in good standing and is in demand among breeders. The population is saved as a genetic reserve - for possible crossing with other breeds and breeding a new type of hen.
Content and cultivation
With the organization of food for these chickens, the poultry farmer will not have trouble, because Kotlyarevsky chickens willingly eat voluminous food, having in its composition a sufficient amount of protein. Compound feed, grain, small potatoes, vegetables, waste from the kitchen, fresh greens - all this will have to the birds to taste.
Healthy chickens eat a lot and willingly, so they gain weight quickly. In the summer, it is advisable to add a lot of chopped greens to food mixtures, and in the presence of grass meal in the winter. Dry food is diluted with water, broths and low-fat broths, which went to waste.
Usually the food is literally "swept away" by Kotlyarevsky hens in less than half an hour. The farmer needs to make sure that the remaining food does not spoil under the influence of warm air in the feeders. It is better to remove it than to wait for the hens to get hungry and eat the already spoiled food. The lack of vitamins in the winter period is compensated by the addition of fish oil and various multivitamins to the feed.
This can be done with a conventional pipette. When kids taste the taste of food, they will gladly join the general crowd. Feed chicks preferably at least 6-7 times a day.
Kotlyarevsky hens have a peaceful disposition.. They calmly, slowly and efficiently walking through the territory, not offending each other, but only exchanging a soft cackle. For these birds, it makes no sense to construct high barriers in order to keep them in full quantity. Kotlyarevsky hens will not run away anywhere, and roosters will not begin to aggressively throw at each other. Although they, like all other roosters of different breeds, have a sense of rivalry.
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It is important to ensure that the room is ventilated and that the floor is covered with fresh, dry, bedding material. It is not recommended to keep a large number of birds in the territory limited by the house. This is not at all the situation when you can say: "In crampedness, but not mad." Sooner or later, even the stolid liking of the Kotlyarevsky chickens will nevertheless begin to “sort things out” if a very small area is provided for their habitat.
Specifications
The average weight of chickens is from 2.5 to 3 kg. The weight of the roosters is even greater - up to 3.5-3.8 kg. The eggs are creamy, light brown in color, reaching a weight of up to 63 g. In the first year of life, the young individual will carry no more than 160 eggs. With proper care, a varied diet of chicken for as long as 5 years bring up to 240 eggs to the owner. At the same time, the only break in their tireless "work" Kotlyarevsky hens allow themselves only when they shed.
Of the 100 chickens bought, about 95 will survive; in adult chickens, vitality is 85%. At about 6 months of age, Kotlyarevsky chickens begin to lay their first eggs.
Where to buy in Russia?
Kotlyarevsky chickens can be purchased using the following contacts:
- Subsidiary farm "Ecofacenda",
Al. Email: [email protected];
Phones: +7 (499) 390-48-58, +7 (903) 502-48-78. - Chelyabinsk, Elena.
Al. Email: [email protected];
Phone: +7 (951) -241-88-40. - Farm "Mozhaisk private residence",
Address: Moscow region, Mozhaisky district.
Phone: +7 (903) 001-84-29.
Analogs
When breeding Kotlyarevsky chickens used different breeds. According to their productive data, they are similar to the Leningrad Golden-Gray hens, and by color they are similar to New Hampshire, Zagorsky Salmon Hens, Plymouth Brooded, etc.
Poultry farmers, buying chicks of Kotlyarevskaya breed, get excellent meat and nutritious, large, domestic eggs at the same time. And here is the expression: "Low cost - great result“. But, in any case, no matter how strong and strong immunity the bird possesses, the living creatures in their homestead farming should be treated with attention and care.
Then even a novice farmer will be able to proudly demonstrate the motley, well-fed beauties, thanks to whom there will always be delicious, roast chicken and fragrant scrambled eggs on the table.
