HOUSING, FEEDING AND BREEDING PRACTICES OF BACKYARD POULTRY PRODUCTION IN CHHATTISGARH, INDIA

AJAY KUMAR CHATURVEDANI¹*, NIRANJAN LAL², JITENDRA PRATAP³, KALPANA DHRUW^4
1Division of Extension Education, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, 243122, Uttar Pradesh
²Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Pearsonmun, Churachandpur, 795128, Manipur
³Division of Extension Education, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, 243122, Uttar Pradesh
⁴Division of Animal Nutrition, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, 243122, Uttar Pradesh
* Corresponding Author : ajju.chaturvedani001@gmail.com

Received : 16-06-2016     Accepted : 01-07-2016     Published : 18-10-2016
Volume : 8     Issue : 48       Pages : 2000 - 2003
Int J Agr Sci 8.48 (2016):2000-2003

Keywords : Housing, Feeding, Breeding practices, Backyard poultry, Chhattisgarh
Academic Editor : Dr Devesh Thakur
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : None declared
Author Contribution : None declared

The current study was carried out in the Bastar district of Chhattisgarh with the specific objective to assess existing housing, feeding and breeding practices related to backyard poultry production of desi birds. A total of 120 poultry rearers (12 respondents from each village) were randomly selected from two blocks (Bakawand and Jagdalpur) of Bastar district of Chhattisgarh. The data was composed from selected poultry rearers through a semi-structured interview schedule after initial pretesting. The findings of the study revealed that 68.33 per cent poultry owners constructed separate small houses with locally available materials viz., bamboo, mud, wood, net, jute stalk, tiles, tin, straw etc., with a average height of 2.24±0.07 feet’s in order to avoid disputes with neighbours and attack of predators. Feeding practice involved left the birds for scavenging on insects, worms, grasses, seeds and flowers in the morning. In the evening birds were offered kitchen waste, broken rice, and boiled rice to supplementary feed ingredients at average of 50.29±0.87 grams per birds per day. About breeding practices average incubated eggs per birds per year were 18.31±0.24 for breeding with average hatching of 65.76±0.46 per cent. Overall housing, feeding and breeding practice indicated that scientific practices were not followed in tribal areas of Chhattisgarh.