LOHMANN BROWN-CLASSIC profitable at Siroy Farms, Thailand

The climate temperature in South Thailand is over 30 °C from February to October, with a relative humidity of 80 – 87 %. In the hottest season, i.e. from February to May, the temperature reaches up to 34 °C and above. Owing to the subsidies provided by the local government, egg producers have combined closed-type houses with cooling-pads and tunnel ventilation to create more safe and comfortable environmental conditions for layers.

The Avian Influenza (AI) epidemic which broke-out in 2004, was a disaster for the poultry industry in Thailand. To prevent AI virus contamination from wild birds, the Thai government encouraged egg producers to change their layer houses to closed ones. These changes have not only improved layer management in Thailand but also increased the production per hen housed. The performance of LOHMANN BROWN (LB) was also pushed to a much higher level as a result of this.

The Boonsang family

The Boonsang family has been managing Siroy Farm in the Ang Thong area (120 km away from Bangkok) for 25 years now. With a capacity of 100,000 layers, Siroy is considered to be only a medium-sized farm in Thailand.

Mrs. Judhaman (as seen in the picture) summarizes the advantages of LB as follows:
1. Long peak persistence, 90 % above the usual level at eight months
2. Get more profit because eggs which are larger can be sold at a higher price
3. Consumers like the colour of the LB shell
4. Good shell quality even at 80 weeks of age
5. Larger eggs, i.e. above 65 g, are easy to sell when the market is depressed

100 Baht = 2,48 Euro

“Being an egg producer for 25 years now, we made the most profit in the years following the AI epidemic as quite a lot of other layer production farms were affected”, Mrs. Judhaman said, “Fortunately, we changed from Hisex to 100 % LOHMANN BROWN four years ago which helped us to make more profit”. “We are very proud of LOHMANN genetics and thank Betagro (an LB hatchery) for their support.” Most exciting at Siroy Farm is that one the LB flocks had a production level of 90 % for ten months straight at 51 weeks of age. Interestingly, the house with this flock is built on a fish pond. From this combination, they even got an additional source of income from the fish harvest, which is fed by the feed residue or droppings from the layers