Question

Layers are chicken raised for :

• A. Egg laying only
• B. Meat only
• C. Both eggs and meat
• D. Breeding only

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

Egg laying only

Layers poultry farming means raising egg laying poultry birds for the purpose of commercial egg production. Layer chicken are such, which need to be raised from when they are one day old. They start laying eggs commercially from 18-19 weeks of age. They remain laying eggs till their age is 72-78 weeks.