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The efficient production of fertile hatching eggs, both for producing pullets for commercial egg layers and for producing broiler chicks, depends on continuous and skilled management of the breeder birds. Although both type of breeders are kept for the same purpose, the production of fertile hatching eggs, one must realize that the two types of birds are completely different. Commercial egg layers are genetically selected for egg production, and therefore the parent birds will have a genetic tendency to produce eggs. The main selection pressure on broilers is for growth and meat yield, and consequently their parents are genetically selected for growth and not for egg production.
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Meijerhof, R. (2002). Managing the Breeding Flock. In: Bell, D.D., Weaver, W.D. (eds) Commercial Chicken Meat and Egg Production. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0811-3_34
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