Poultry farming

Poultry farming is the form of animal husbandry which raises domesticated birds such as chickens, ducks, turkeys, and geese to produce meat or eggs for food. It has originated from the agricultural era. Poultry – mostly chickens – is farmed in great numbers. More than 60 billion chickens are killed for consumption annually. Chickens raised for eggs are known as layers, while chickens raised for meat are called broilers. Chicken is the No. 1 protein consumed in the world.Poultry farming, raising of birds domestically or commercially, primarily for meat and eggs but also for feathers. Chickens, turkeys, ducks, and geese are of primary importance, while guinea fowl and squabs (young pigeons) are chiefly of local interest. This article treats the principles and practices of poultry farming. For a discussion of the food value and processing of poultry products, see egg and poultry processing.A carefully controlled environment that avoids crowding, chilling, overheating, or frightening is almost universal in poultry farming. Cannibalism, which expresses itself as toe picking, feather picking, and tail picking, is controlled by debeaking at one day of age and by other management practices. The feeding, watering, egg gathering, and cleaning operations are highly mechanized. Birds are usually housed in wire cages with two or three animals per cage, depending on the species and breed, and three or four tiers of cages superposed to save space. Cages for egg-laying birds have been found to increase production, lower mortality, reduce cannibalism, lower feeding requirements, reduce diseases and parasites, improve culling, and reduce both space and labor requirements.Poultry breeding is an outstanding example of the application of basic genetic principles of inbreeding and crossbreeding as well as of intensive mass selection to effect faster and cheaper gains in meat and maximum egg production for the egg-laying strains. Maximum use of heterosis, or hybrid vigour, through incrosses and crossbreeding has been made. Rapid and efficient weight gains and high-quality, plump, meaty carcasses have been achieved thereby.

Poultry rearing

Chicken breeds

Backyard poultry units

Housing for poultry

Conventional poultry feeding

Non-conventional feeding

Growing chicks

Broilers

Grower and layer management

Hatching of eggs

Poultry management

Disease management

Artificial Insemination

Turkey Farming - Turkey occupies an important position next to chicken, duck. Guinea fowl and quail in contributing the most evolving sector, which is playing a significant role in augmenting the economic and nutritional in this app you can find all about

Turkey Rearing

Turkey Breeds

Turkey Feeding

Management of turkey

Turkey Breeding

Turkey Disease management

Duck Farming - Duck farming is a part of poultry farming systems. However, there is a difference between duck farming and poultry especially inhabits and habitats of duck farming in shelter & population. Ducks can be raised for meat and eggs.

Duck Breeds

Care of Duck breeders

Care of growing duck

Care of laying ducks

Duck Housing and Feeding

Duck Health care