Egg Poultry in Turkey and Egg-Feed Relationship

Objective: The aim of this study was to analyze the current situation of the laying hen sector and the egg-feed relationship in Turkey between 1996 and 2024. Materials and Methods: In this study, the amount of compound feed produced for laying animals (tons), compound feed price (dollar), number of laying animals (number) and amount of eggs produced (thousand eggs) obtained from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and TURKSTAT data for the period 1996-2024 were evaluated. Quadratic regression model was preferred and Pearson correlation analysis was also used. Results: The p-values of all models used were significant. The effects of feed-egg parity on egg production (R2 0.881), feed-egg parity on the number of laying hens (R2 0.921) and the number of laying hens on egg production (R2 0.921) were highly significant and positive. In Turkey, all the relationships between the variables of egg feed, egg feed price, number of laying hens and quantity of eggs produced were found to be significant and high. The highest correlation was found between the amount of eggs produced and the number of laying hens (0.966). Egg feed price was found to be a determining factor with a decreasing effect relative to the other factors. Conclusion: Although fluctuations in the price of eggs in Turkey have a negative effect on feed production and the number of laying animals and eggs produced, this level was not statistically significant. In Turkey, chicken eggs are highly preferred as a cheap source of protein and their consumption can be expected to increase in the coming years with the increase in population.