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    Importance of Chicken. Disadvantages of Indigenous Chicken Over Improved Chicken Breeds

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    This document discusses chicken production in Ethiopia. It outlines the advantages of indigenous chicken breeds such as their adaptability and resistance to local conditions, as well as the disadvantages of indigenous breeds like their low egg and meat production. The document also describes different chicken production systems used in Ethiopia from extensive backyard to semi-intensive, and lists some major factors affecting poultry production in the country like poor knowledge, feed issues, disease problems, and more.

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    This document discusses chicken production in Ethiopia. It outlines the advantages of indigenous chicken breeds such as their adaptability and resistance to local conditions, as well as the disadvantages of indigenous breeds like their low egg and meat production. The document also describes different chicken production systems used in Ethiopia from extensive backyard to semi-intensive, and lists some major factors affecting poultry production in the country like poor knowledge, feed issues, disease problems, and more.

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    This document discusses chicken production in Ethiopia. It outlines the advantages of indigenous chicken breeds such as their adaptability and resistance to local conditions, as well as the disadvantages of indigenous breeds like their low egg and meat production. The document also describes different chicken production systems used in Ethiopia from extensive backyard to semi-intensive, and lists some major factors affecting poultry production in the country like poor knowledge, feed issues, disease problems, and more.

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    Importance of chicken.

    Disadvantages of indigenous

     Presence of less religious taboos


    chicken over improved chicken
     Adaptability to most areas of the breeds
    world
     Low egg production potential
     Small space requirement
     Low meat production potential
     Low initial capital investment
     High broody characteristics
     Short generation interval
     Immediate source of cash income Factors affecting performance of local
    birds
    Indegenious breeds Characteristics
    1. Limited genetic improvement
     More adaptable to local conditions program.
     Slow growth, 2. Less improvement of
     late maturity environmental condition.
     low production performance;
    Improvement of local birds
     resistance to certain diseases &
    parasites 1. Improve environmental condition
     higher dressing percentage 2. Improve health condition
    3. Improve genetic capability by
    Advantages of Indigenous breed
    o Up grading
    over exotic
    o Selection
     More genetically diverse and easy to
    Types of indigenous chicken
    establish for low income families
     Meat and eggs are tastier & preferred 1. Tikur – black
    by most consumers 2. Netch – white
     They are more adaptive and resistant 3. Kai – red
    to harsh condition, 4. Gebsma – gray
     They sustain on locally available 5. Naked neck
    cheap feeds, & also need less feed
    for maintenance.
    Free Range Production System
     They have better survival rate
    Birds scanvenge over a wide area Flock contains birds of different
    species
    40-80M2 per hen
    Major feed: Sorghum, cereals,
    Birds are not confined rather roosted
    legumes
    outside
    Produce not more than 60
    Not market oriented
    eggs/hen/year

    Advantages

     Cannibalism and egg eating is reduced


     Less feed is used
     Little / no labour input

    Disadvantages

     Young chicks can be exposed for predators


     Large number of eggs can be lost
     High disease transmission and occurrence
     Chicks are less productive
     Birds can be stolen
     Large area is needed
     Eggs get dirty

    SEMI INTENSIVE PRODUCTION


    SYSTEM
    BACKYARD EXTENSIVE SYSTEM
    Restriction to move
    Birds are allowed to free range to
    scavenge during day, but housed at Flock size of 50-200 chicken/hh
    night time.
    Feed from scavenging is low
    Usually fed to a handful of grain in
    morning and evening
    They are fed with protiens,
    supplemenets, energy, vitamins and
    minerals

    Major factors affecting poultry


    production in Ethiopia

     Poor knowledge
     Poor quality and quantity of
    poultry feed
     Lack of suitable genetic
    material
     Husbandry and management
    constraints
     Institutional and socio
    economic constraints
     Disease problems
     Poor marketing
     High predatory

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