Amazone
The SASSO Amazone is a unique colored layer perfect for small egg producers looking for a distinctive product. The Amazone produces a combination of beautiful brown and green eggs, making you stand out when selling eggs on the traditional market. This chicken also possesses a wonderful feathering fully representative of a traditional colored bird. With a heavy body weight of 2788 g at 75 weeks and a production of 302 eggs at the same age, the Amazone layer is a great dual purpose chicken, offering high value for both eggs and meat. On top of that, you can benefit from extremely robust females producing feather sexable chicks for added simplicity.
Laying period data:
- Egg production (cumulative) at 75 weeks: 302
- Body weight at 5% production: 2205 g
- Body weight at 75 weeks: 2788 g
- Average feed intake from 20 to 75 weeks: 46.9 kg
- Produced egg mass: 18.5 kg
- Average feed per egg: 155 g
Unique benefits
Unique combination of brown and green eggs
The Amazone layer offers beautiful brown and green eggshell colors.
Dual purpose chicken
This bird produces a great number of eggs while offering good value for its meat.
Highly robust
The SASSO Amazone is a perfect fit for traditional markets as it can resist challenging conditions.
Male growing performance
| Age in days | Male body weight (g) | FCR |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||
| 7 | 98 | |
| 14 | 175 | |
| 21 | 290 | 2.24 |
| 28 | 465 | 2.44 |
| 35 | 665 | 2.6 |
| 42 | 815 | 2.75 |
| 49 | 950 | 2.84 |
| 56 | 1105 | 2.87 |
| 63 | 1270 | 3.12 |
| 70 | 1445 | 3.25 |
| 77 | 1585 | 3.37 |
| 84 | 1745 | 3.56 |
Laying performance
|
Age in weeks |
Body weight theo. (g) |
Weekly laying theo (%) | Cumulative egg production theo. |
Egg weight theo. (g) |
Feed consumption theo. (g) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 2220 | 24 | 2 | 44 | 109 |
| 27 | 2315 | 93 | 36 | 53 | 119 |
| 40 | 2495 | 87 | 118 | 60 | 121 |
| 50 | 2595 | 82 | 177 | 62 | 121 |
| 60 | 2695 | 77 | 233 | 62 | 121 |
| 75 | 2788 | 71 | 302 | 62 | 121 |
These recommendations, based on our experience, are intended to allow the expression of our strains’ genetic potential in normal operations without any responsibility on the part of SASSO. An environment, biosecurity conditions, the geographical location, or specific equipment might require adaptations that have not been taken in consideration in these general recommendations.
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