What is meant by reduction in the size of egg laying bird with ability to utilise more fibrlus cheaper diets formulated using agricultural by- products
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PRODUCTION
Poultry enterprises may vary from basic backyard poultry keeping to mechanized and automated production plants. Various types of poultry enterprises are illustrated in Table 1.
Table 1
Types of poultry enterprises
Backyard poultry
Farm flock
Commercial poultry farm
Specialized egg production
Integrated egg production
Subdivision of egg production
Pullet growing, feed production
Hatchery production separate from farming
Feed production separate from poultry farms
Chicken meat production becomes independent of egg production
Separate enterprises reintegrated as a business
Main management characteristics
Natural hatching
Artificial hatching and sexing
Feed mixing
Egg processing plant
Controlled- environment houses
Type of farming
Subsistence farming
Mixed farming
Joint egg and meat production
Eggs industry(single commodity)
Egg complex
Labour
Part-time
Part-time
Full-time
Division of management and labour
Separate daily work and random work
Building
Free range
Water feeder
Water feeder
Manure disposal equipment
Egg belt automatically controlled house
Backyard poultry production is at the subsistence level of farming. Birds live free range and hatch their own eggs. Their diet is supplemented with crop waste or food leftovers. The labour involved in backyard poultry production is part-time.