[Dr.S.Sridhar]

🥚 Key Points – Soft-Shelled Egg Causes & Mitigation

Feed (F):

• Low calcium, phosphorus, or vitamin D₃ → poor shell mineralization

• Solution: Balance Ca:P ratio, add coarse limestone/oyster shell, ensure vitamin D₃ sufficiency

Water (W):

• High salinity or poor water quality → disrupts calcium metabolism

• Solution: Test TDS/salinity, filter or switch water source

Management (M):

• Immature shell gland in pullets or age-related decline in older birds

• Stress (heat, overcrowding, poor lighting) affects hormonal balance

• Solution: Avoid early lay induction, manage flock age, reduce stressors, consider molting

Disease (D):

• EDS, AI, IB, ND → viral damage to shell gland or reproductive tract

• Solution: Vaccination, biosecurity, isolate affected flocks, monitor egg quality.

[AHMED]

Birds consume approximately 1.6 to 2.0 times as much water as feed (on a pound per pound basis); both feed and water consumption steadily increase as a flock ages.

[AHMED]

70-80

[Md]

For better performance

[Md]

Respiratory diseases

[Md]

Calcium deficiency

[Md]

Temperature 75-80 degree C & Moisture content (14-16%) of conditioner mash.

[Md]

Eco-friendly

[Md]

Financial

[Md]

Early morning & late evening

[Md]

Poor farm management

[Md]

What is CSR?

[Md Ahidul]

Thank you sir, for explaining very nicely.

[Md Ahidul]

How do you manage biosecurity in a poultry farm to reduce the risk of disease outbreaks?How do you manage biosecurity in a poultry farm to reduce the risk of disease outbreaks?

[AHMED]

i agree with you