COMPARISON OF WHITE AND BROWN LAYING HEN FARMS
IN TERMS OF PERFORMANCE AND PROFITABILITY
Vecdi Demircan1, Hasan Yılmaz1, Hayati Koknaroglu2, Zeynep Dernek1, Mevlut Gul1, Tufan Bal1
1Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Süleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey
2Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Süleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey
vecdem@ziraat.sdu.edu.tr
In this study, white and brown laying hen farms in the Afyon province, which have considerable importance in laying hen farming in Turkey, were compared in terms of performance, and profitability and the most profitable geno-type was determined. Data were obtained by conducting a questionnaire with 67 farmers. Laying hen farms were di-vided into two groups according to their genotypes and were analyzed accordingly. It was found that white layers had higher egg yield and better feed efficiency. Egg yield and feed efficiency for white and brown laying hen farms were 79.60, 76.18% and 2.41, 2.48 kg feed/kg egg, respectively. It was also found that brown laying hen farms were ad-vantageous in terms of economic criteria. Production cost and net profit per hen for white and brown laying hen farms were 28.62, 29.09 TL and 0.80, 3.78 TL, respectively (1 USD = 1.43 TL). The profit margin per egg for white and brown laying hen farms were 0.001, 0.010 TL/egg, respectively. The results showed that even though white laying hen farms had lower production costs, brown laying hen farms were more profitable and the reason for this was the higher price received per brown shell egg.
Keywords: genotype; laying hen farms; performance; cost; profitability
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