LARGE SCALE POULTRY FRAMING IN INDIA | EGIYOK NEWS

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Large Scale Poultry Farming
large scale poultry farming
Large Scale Poultry Farming
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Introduction

• Large scale poultry farming requires huge
  investment.
• Process of egg production, the process of
  broiler breeding, equipment to be used, etc.
• Are some of the components that classify the
  industry into small scale, mid-scale, and large
  scale.
• Marketing strategies, advertisement techniques,
  details of business land or space, packaging
  information and its cost, type of birds to be
  used all depend on the scale of the business.
• These adopt advanced technologies to meet the
  growing demand of the increasing population.

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Large Industry In India

• Countries such as the US, China, Russia, and
  South Asian countries like India are regions
  where large-scale poultry industries are seen
  widely.
• The largest poultry population is found in
  Andhra Pradesh in the country.
• This is followed by states such as Tamil Nadu,
  Maharashtra, West Bengal, Karnataka, Bihar,
  Orissa, Kerala, Assam, Uttar Pradesh, and Punjab.
• The large-scale poultry industry is also found to
  flourish in urban areas like Mumbai, Pune,
  Nagpur, Kolkata, Delhi, Chandigarh, Bangalore,
  Chennai, Hyderabad, Shimla, Ajmer, etc.
• In rural areas, the per capita consumption of
  eggs is only 7.7 per annum in comparison to 17.8
  per annum in the urban areas.

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Requirements Of Large Scale Poultry Industry

• Large scale poultry farming requires a huge
  investment for equipment and management.

1. Chicken Breeds
2. Feed
3. Housing
4. Equipment

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Chicken Breeds
A wide variety of breeds are used
for commercial production of eggs and meat.
These include

•  Commercial broiler strains- Hubbard, Lohman,
  Anak 2000, Avian -34, Cobb, etc.
• Commercial layer strains- Bowans, BV-300,
  Bowans, Hyline, Dekalb Lohman etc.

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Feed

• It is important that the feed used for
  large-scale poultry farming is rich in protein
  and other nutrients such as zinc, phosphorous,
  manganese, magnesium, etc.
• The feed must also contain adequate vitamins
  such as vitamin C, D, E, and K.

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Housing

• In case of large-scale poultry farming, coops,
  and cages are used for keeping the poultry birds.
• A chicken barn in such cases is usually about 66
  feet wide by 500 or 600 feet long and houses
  around 30,000 birds.
• Separate breeder houses may have hens that lay
  eggs where they are incubated and hatch after
  about 21 days Chickens are sent to market when
  they are 32 to 63 days old.
• This mainly depends on the size of the bird.

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Equipment

• Feeders, incubators, laying nests and egg
  handling nests are some of the common large scale
  poultry farming equipment.
• Many large scale farmers are turning to solar
  power, changing their lights over to LEDs,
  harvesting rainwater, or utilizing fans to
  circulate air to ensure the comfort of chickens.

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