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

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 Chicken Over Improved Chicken Breeds

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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