Question

points on poultry farming

Answer 1

•Poultry farming means ‘raising various types of domestic birds commercially for the purpose of meat, eggs and feather production’.
•The most common and widely raised poultry birds are chicken. About 5k million chickens are being raised every year as a source of food (both meat and eggs of chicken).
•The chickens which are raised for eggs are called layer chicken, and the chickens which are raised for their meat production are called broiler chickens.

Answer 2

Answer:

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 – are 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.