The main advantage of Russian chicken breeds, which include the Zagorsk chicken, is the maximum adaptation to the domestic climate. The required living conditions for such chickens are simple. Positive characteristics of the breed are the presence of such qualities as unpretentiousness, endurance and rapid growth. Zagorskaya Salmon is a well-known Russian breed, bred in the middle of the last century.

Features of the breed Zagorskaya Salmon

Poultry farming is considered the most widespread, profitable and easy-to-sell livestock industry. The bird keeping technology is quite simple. This is due to the availability of feed, as well as the fact that the breeding of Salmon chickens does not require large financial and time costs. Breeding poultry allows you to get high quality products of our own production, such as:

  • valuable meat;
  • eggs;
  • chicken fluff;
  • feathers;
  • secondary products.

Zagorskaya Salmon

From an economic point of view, the placement of poultry livestock on your own farm plot does not require large investments and complex care, which allows you to turn this hobby into a source of additional income, and with a professional approach - the main one.

All breeds of poultry are divided into several groups:

  • meat;
  • meat-and-meat;
  • egg;
  • decorative.

The list of the most common types of birds for home breeding includes:

  • chickens;
  • geese;
  • ducks;
  • turkeys;
  • quail.

The exotic varieties grown in Russia include:

  • massive pigeons;
  • guinea fowl;
  • ostriches;
  • pheasants.

Where and by whom was it bred

The place of breeding of the Zagorskaya Lososevaya chicken breed is the Farming Institute of Poultry (Sergiev Posad, which in Soviet times was called Zagorsk). The distinctive qualities of the breed obtained are high productivity and endurance, thanks to which such chickens have been grown for many years in other countries of the world.

Useful information. There are varieties of the breed of chickens similar to the Zagorskaya Salmon, - Faverol (Salmon) and Zagorskaya Calico chicken, which is why inexperienced poultry farmers often perceive them as one and the same.

Only the hen has salmon feather color.

The breeders have done a difficult job to achieve the desired color of plumage shade "light salmon". However, chickens and roosters differ in plumage. Only the hen has a salmon feather color. The rooster is distinguished by the black color of the main plumage with the addition of red and white feathers.

1959 - the final date of entering the new breed into the State Register.

Interesting fact. Almost every yard cross contains a certain amount of Salmon blood in the genetic material.

Characteristics of Zagorskaya Salmon

Due to the pronounced difference in color between chickens and roosters, they are easy to distinguish at day old. Newly hatched roosters have a solid yellow color, while chickens have black spots on their backs.

Note. Roosters of this breed do not have large tails.

On the fifth day, the young livestock acquire flight feathers, the color of which makes it possible to distinguish between their sex: in chickens, they have a reddish tint, in roosters, black.

Zagorskaya Salmon is a meat-and-meat breed

If birds have feathers that are not of a color that is not typical of such a breed, especially those of a calico shade in males, this characteristic indicates uncleanness.

Zagorskaya Salmon is a meat-and-meat breed, so culled chickens can be used in cooking.

Weight gain by such chickens occurs in a short time. The weight of a three-month-old rooster is 2 kilograms. An adult rooster weighs about 4 kilograms, a chicken just over 2 kilograms.

The high growth rate allows the birds to be used for hybridization aimed at obtaining meat broilers. However, this process has a number of features: for chickens, you should pick up the Kurchinsky anniversary rooster or Korish, and for the rooster - Adler silver or Hampshire hen.

The egg production index of the Zagorsk Salmon breed is quite good. Salmon chickens are often capable of laying 200 eggs per year. Zagorskiy chickens begin to rush at the age of four months. The average egg weight is 64 grams.

Since the Zagorsk Salmon breed of chickens is prone to obesity, this can negatively affect the egg production rate.

The shell density of brown eggs is high

The shell density of brown eggs from Zagorsk Salmon chickens is another indicator that distinguishes them favorably from industrial egg products, which often have thin shells, which is why the shelf life of eggs decreases during transportation.

In addition, if it becomes necessary to replace the rooster or move the livestock to another house, the egg production does not decrease from this.

The initial goals of breeding Zagorsk Salmon chickens are considered to be:

  1. productivity in terms of obtaining meat;
  2. high egg production;
  3. the ability to consume bulk feed;
  4. omnivorous;
  5. good immunity;
  6. resistance to stress;
  7. unpretentious content.

Despite the omnivorous nature of birds, you should not give them rotten or moldy food. It is necessary to monitor the quality of the feed, but you can also give waste from the table.

Chickens are distinguished by a non-aggressive disposition and a pronounced hatching instinct. They are able to get along with representatives of other breeds, in addition, hens can be used to breed other breeds.

Chickens are not aggressive in nature

How to keep the livestock

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Since the birds of the Zagorsk breed of chickens are able to fly up to a height of 2 meters, they often fly over the installed fences. Due to their omnivorous nature, they rid the garden of Colorado beetles, while eating at the same time all the vegetation. Therefore, birds are recommended to be placed in a closed enclosure.

Note! The content in the cage negatively affects the egg production and the quality of meat products.

At night, the chickens are placed in an insulated chicken coop, in which a high perch is arranged.

How to feed the birds properly

Zagorsk chickens are distinguished by undemanding feed, which is why they often hunt small rodents. Although birds can be fed with kitchen scraps, cereals should be left as their predominant feed. It is also recommended to include compound feeds enriched with vitamins and minerals in the complete diet of the content.

Coarse sand can be added as a feed additive to help digest the food eaten. Small amounts of feed chalk are mixed in - excessive ingestion will cause it to stick together in a lump that clogs the bird's stomach and intestines.

Feed chalk

Poultry gets animal protein by eating meat and bone meal and fish meal. When feeding raw, finely chopped fish, keep it fresh. Vitamin D is replenished by including fish oil in the diet.

On a note. To provide chickens with trace minerals, including calcium, you can prepare a feed consisting of wheat and shells of small shrimp.

Finely ground grain serves as feed for young livestock.In the first few days after hatching, they are given finely chopped boiled eggs, it is possible with inclusions of eggshells, ground to a powder consistency. Greens with vegetables are added gradually.

Advantages and disadvantages

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The description of the advantages of Zagorsk Salmon chickens, in comparison with other breeds, includes:

  • productivity;
  • fast weight gain;
  • thick shell of eggs;
  • the presence of the incubation instinct;
  • unpretentious content.

The disadvantages of the breed include:

  • annual egg production rate;
  • obesity tendency.

The presence of such advantages as quick weight gain and undemanding care makes this breed suitable for breeding, both by beginners and professional breeders. In addition, Zagorskaya Salmon is considered the most recommended starting breed for placement in the household.