1.What are layers and broilers in a poultry farm?
2.Do hens lay fertilized eggs?
3.How can you obtain fertilised and infertilised eggs?
4.Are the eggs that we get in the stores fertilised or infertilised.
Answer 1)
Layers are the hens which are raised for production of eggs. These are the varieties of hens which lay good quality eggs in large numbers.
Broilers are the hens which are raised for met production. These are the varieties of poultry from which high quality meat is obtained in high amounts.
Answer 2)
Hens lay fertilized eggs only when they have mated with the rooster. In most of the cases in poultry farms, the hens are not allowed to mate with rooster so, the eggs they lay are unfertilized.
Answer 3)
Fertilized eggs are obtained after the hen has mated with the rooster, while unfertilized are obtained without mating.
Answer 4)
Eggs which are sold in stores are generally unfertilized.