Jade
The SASSO Jade is perfect for backyard and traditional egg producers looking for a unique and distinctive product. The Jade layers produce a beautiful variety of shades of green eggs, offering an intriguing egg shell color. Her phenotype with stunning color of plumage makes her a great layer breed for traditional chicken markets. The Jade is a robust animal capable of resisting to challenging conditions worldwide. Thanks to her laying hen pedigree lines, it also provides good egg production and quality. At the same time, the Jade colored layer reaches a body weight of 2788 g at 75 weeks and offers premium meat quality. This a great dual purpose chicken which can easily adapt to backyard or free range productions.
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
Beautiful green egg color
The Jade layer produces distinctive green eggs for you to stand out.
Heavy bodyweight
This colored bird provides good growth and is one of the heaviest in our traditional layer portfolio.
Feather sexable chicks
The day-old chicks of the SASSO Jade can be easily feather sexed.
Male growing performance
| Age in days | Male body weight (g) | FCR |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||
| 7 | 98 | |
| 14 | 190 | |
| 21 | 290 | 2.23 |
| 28 | 480 | 2.43 |
| 35 | 670 | 2.59 |
| 42 | 830 | 2.74 |
| 49 | 970 | 2.83 |
| 56 | 1120 | 2.86 |
| 63 | 1270 | 3.11 |
| 70 | 1470 | 3.24 |
| 77 | 1600 | 3.36 |
| 84 | 1770 | 3.55 |
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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