If you mean "Hisex" as a breed, you are a little mistaken. These chickens - cross. Highly productive egg cross, bred by Dutch breeders by crossing white Leghorn and New Hampshire.
It is precisely the difference in the shade of the parent breeds that determines the color of the hesex hens: they are white and brown.
Immediately, we want to give you useful advice in this regard: when choosing a bird in the market and aiming at Hisex chickens, be very careful. Under this brand, enterprising and not very conscientious sellers can “vtyuhat” you are not the bird that you need.
The color and size of the Hisex chickens is often very let down by inexperienced poultry farmers when buying. Light and small adult individuals, if they do not really look closely, can easily pass for five months pullets. Many of the deceived customers notice the trick only at home.
Breed origin
The first works on the creation of this cross are dated 1968. It was during this period that Dutch breeders had the idea to donate chickens to the world, which would be distinguished by high egg production.
Not shelving the Dutch, they set about implementing it. The complex of selection works took no more than two years and already in 1970, the authors presented the newly-introduced cross and began the implementation of its parent forms under the brand name "Hisex". The success was awesome.
Parent breeds of hens "Haysex" first came to Russia in 1974 at the poultry farm "Borovskaya" (Tyumen region). This farm showed very good results in breeding the egg cross. The factory for many years went to the foremost, thanks to the chickens "Hayseks", not a single Russian manufacturer could not keep up with the indicators "Borovskoy." Now it is a very popular and common breed in Russia.
Distinctive features
It is possible to distinguish between "boys" and "girls" among chickens of the cross-country "Hisex" already daily: even at such a young age they differ in coloring. The down of the rooster is light, yellow, and that of the hen is darker, somewhat close to brown.
In adulthood, these chickens are light and graceful. They are very active and mobile, although it is impossible to find a quieter chicken in the house due to its temperament.
By constitution, these chickens are very tiny and light.. Roosters also do not have a large body weight. The weight of these chickens ranges from 1.8 to 2.0 kg. Brown representatives of "Hisex" (Brown) are slightly larger and heavier than whites, but neither can be called big chickens.
Any chicken "Hisex" - the happy owner of a chic comb. This integral part of the chicken exterior in Hisex chickens is so high that it cannot hold onto its head and hangs on its side in an original way.
The plumage of birds is unusually silky. This quality of the pen can be seen visually, but better - to the touch.
Features chickens Hisex
First of all, its productive qualities, the details of which are slightly lower. In the second - its meek temper.
The opposition, which by nature is endowed with all members of the chicken family, in the breed "Hisex", surprisingly, is the least pronounced. Chickens are calm, they certainly don’t seek to climb into the places fenced from them (garden, flower garden, garden). Do not shkodnichayut. Dignified and diligently perform their main function: they sit on nests, carry eggs.
The only minus of this breed is choosiness in food.
Content and feeding
In order for the Hisex-hens to feel comfortable and not to reduce the productivity indicators, it is necessary to create special conditions for them. There is nothing supercomplex in this - just a few mandatory points available for everyone who has at least some idea of chickens and chicken coops.
Place the chickens in a pre-prepared, dried and ventilated room., at the rate of 4 individuals per 1 m3 of floor space. Take care that the ventilation in the room was of high quality, but there were no drafts.
Before settling the hens in the house, it is necessary to cover the floor with a 5-7 cm layer of litter. In its quality, usually, sawdust or hay is used.
Over time, the litter layer will increase, as the old litter can be left on, spilling new layers on top. But this is only when you are one hundred percent sure that there are no parasites in the house. If fleas or bedbugs are suspected in the hen house, destroy the litter immediately.
Chubaty hens may look a little funny because of their tuft, but this does not take away other virtues.At the following address, you will find methods for taking care of fleas in birds: //selo.guru/ptitsa/bolezni-ptitsa/nasekomye/klopy-i-blohi.html.
Place the chicken henchies against the wall at a height of 60 cm from the floor level. But if there are cages, you can safely plant chickens cross "Hisex" in them - this kind of content, this bird carries excellent.
Arrange the nests in the most cozy and dark places of the house. - chickens, nothing should distract from the laying process. Liberally stock nests with soft hay. And if you worry that a chicken can carelessly drop eggs on the floor, lay a rubber mat near the nest.
Feeders and drinkers are also best placed along the walls. It is important to remember and comply with the condition: the edges of the feeders (drinkers) should be at the level of the back of a chicken.
As for food, these chickens — socks — the workers of whatever they bite will not. In order not to lose productivity, they need vitamins, protein in sufficient quantities and high-quality grain. Cake, meal, fish meal and fresh fish, young nettle, carrots and pumpkin, grains of corn, wheat and barley - this is the approximate composition of the Hisex chicken diet.
Specifications
Mature pups of this cross reach very early: in 4-4.5 months they can already be considered as full-fledged hens. With such a small body weight, chickens manage to carry rather large eggs - up to 65 g.
Some individuals (this rarely happens, but still happens) lay eggs that resemble in size duck - up to 90 g. But in this case, chickens may have a problem with the oviduct - the discrepancy between the size of the egg and the main organ of the hen cannot end with anything good for the chicken. At best, this is surgery and loss of productivity.
The average number of eggs that a single layer is capable of for a year is 290-300 pieces. This cross-breeding poultry farmers are very appreciated for two reasons: the productivity of the hens does not decline for 2-3 years; The white variety of chickens "Hisex" is characterized by 100% safety of the young.
Where can I buy in Russia?
Among the first and permanent implementers of chickens of the Hisex cross is the very Borovskaya poultry factory, which presented them in Russia. There are several other companies where you can purchase these wonder layers. But let's start with the contacts "Borovskoy":
- JSC "Poultry Farm "Borovskaya".
Address: Tyumen region, Tyumen district, pos. Borovsky, Ostrovsky 1a.
Tel .: Yulia Mikhailovna Shitova - Head of Marketing and Sales.
Tel .: (3452) 767-952 ext.3052
Natalia Alexandrovna Koscheeva - Lead Manager.
Tel .: (3452) 767-952, ext.3056
E-mail: [email protected] - Tribal Poultry Plant "Poultry".
Address: 143396 Moscow Region, Naro-Fominsk District, "Ptichnoe".
Tel: 436-52-29.
Analogs
- Chickens, which can rightly be called a subsidiary cross-country of “White Hisex”, are “Dawn-17“They have the same performance indicators as the parent branch, the same picky character and similar exterior data.
Small and lightweight hens each year carry about 270 eggs each. The safety of livestock among the representatives of this cross is 90-96%. The most common are chickens with such a poetic name in the central regions of Russia and Western Siberia.
- On the basis of the cross "Hisex Brown" was created cross "progress". These chickens already belong to the meat-and-egg direction, so many eggs should not be expected from them.
But they fully justify their involvement in meat and egg breeds - their meat is juicy and tender.
