A crucial factor that is now being increasingly recognized as a key management tool in the poultry industry is light color.
Different light colours have different effects on the performance of chickens depending on whether a given colour of light is used continuously or not.
Different light colours have different effects on the performance of chickens depending on whether a given colour of light is used continuously or not.
Green light stimulates the growth of birds at an early age and switching to a different light colour at 10 or 20 days of age may further stimulate growth. It is recommended that shifting green light to blue and blue to green improved growth and performance in broilers.
Birds raised under blue light have the highest carcass weight, while birds raised under green light have the lowest carcass weight. Birds raised under red and white light treatments have similar carcass weights.
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