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Poultry

• All domesticated avian species such as


chicken, ducks, turkeys, Japanese quail,
guinea fowls, geese, pigeons, ostrich,
emu etc.

• Although very often used as synonymous


to chicken
Need for poultry

• Shortage of red meat


• Lesser cost and land involvement
• Shorter generation interval
• Higher multiplication rate.
Poultry Management

Yesterday
Reasons for the phenomenal
development
• Evolution of High yielding strains
• Economic and improved Nutritional systems
• Advanced Disease control technology
• Automation in operation
• Integration
• Increased consumer awareness
• Improved marketing system
• Insurance and Bank Assistance
Poultry Industry
• Grand parent Hatchery
• Parent Hatchery - Sub-Franchisers
• Grower farms
• Feed manufacturers
• Equipment manufacturers
• Marketing enterprise
• Disease control units
• Poultry service organization
Common terms used in Poultry
Adult
Species Young
Male Female
Chicken Chick Cock Hen
Duck Duckling Drake Duck
Turkey Poult Tom Hen
Quail Chick Cock Hen
Guinea fowl Keet Cock Hen
Goose Gosling Gander Goose
Pigeon Squab Pigeon Pigeon
Swan Cygnet Swan Swan
• Cockerel / Pullet
• Capon: surgically castrated male
• Clutch: Eggs laid by a hen on consecutive days without
break
• Pause: Interval between clutches
• Down time: Period between culling of one batch and
introduction of new batch of birds in the shed
• Oviposition: Act of laying

Pipping
Bill
Importance of Poultry
S. No. Species Production Production Position of
period India
1 Chicken Layers 310 eggs 17-72wks III
Broilers 2.0-2.2kg 35 days V
2 Duck Layers 250 eggs 22-72wks
Broilers 2.0-2.5 kg 8 wks
3 Goose Layers 30 to 50 eggs 22-72wks
Broilers 1.8-2.0 kg 5 wks
4 Turkey Layers 60 to 90 eggs Year
Broilers 4.0-8.0 kg 7 months
5 Japanese Layers 200 to 240 eggs 45 wks
quail
Broilers 180-250 g 5 wks
•Ostrich and Emu for oil, leather
Incubation period and age at sexual
maturity
Age at sexual
S. Incubation
Species maturity
No. period (days)
(weeks)
1. Chicken 21 16-18
2. Duck 28 28-30
3. Muscovy duck 33-35 28-30
4. Goose 28-32 28-30
5. Guinea fowl 27-28 28-32
6. Turkey 28 28-30
7. Quail 17-18 6-7
8. Pigeon 18 10-12
9. Ostrich 42 52
10. Emu 52-55 52
Class, Breeds, Varieties & Strains
• Class: designate group of birds that have been
developed in certain geographical areas or regions.
(American, English, Mediterranean and Asiatic)

• Breed: group of birds with common ancestors and


having similarity in shape, confirmation, growth,
temperament, shell colour of eggs etc. (Leghorn,
Rhode Island Red, Australorp, Aseel etc.)
Variety: subdivision of a breed, distinguished either by
colour, comb type feather pattern etc from other
group of the same breed.
• (White Leghorn, Brown Leghorn, White Plymouth Rock, Barred
Plymouth Rock)

Strains: closely related inbred flocks with definite


economic characters.
• phenotypically alike but often differ on their
production performance depending upon breeding
history.
• Babcock, Bovans, Hyline, Hisex, Lohmann (Layer strain)
• Cobb, Hubbard, Ross, Hybro (Broiler strain)
Breeds of chicken
Class Asiatic American English Mediterranean

Shank Feathered Clean Clean Clean


Skin Yellow Yellow White Yellow/ White
Ear lobe Red Red Red White
Purpose Meat Dual Dual Egg
Size Massive Medium Medium Small
Egg shell Brown Brown Brown White
Asiatic class
American class
English class
Mediterranean class
Frizzle
Breeds of Ducks
• Meat-type breeds - Aylesbury, Muscovy,
Pekin, Rouen, Cayuga, Swedish and Call ducks.
• Egg-type breeds - Indian Runner and Khakhi
Campbell.
• Local varieties – Chara, Chambali (TN)
Khakhi Campbell Indian Runner

White Pekin Muscovy


Breeds of Turkeys
1. Broad breasted bronze 5. Bourbon Red
2. Broad breasted white 6. Narragansett
3. Beltsville small white 7. Black and
4. White Holland 8. Slate
Broad breasted Broad breasted
bronze white
Black Slate
Narragansett Royal

Bourbon Red
Breeds of Geese

1. Toulouse 6. Buff
2. Embden 7. Pilgrim
3. African 8. Sebastopol and
4. Chinese 9. Egyptian
5. Canada
African Embden

Toulouse Pilgrim
Breeds of Guinea fowl

Pearl Lavender

White
Breeds / Varieties of
Japanese quail
• Manchurian Golden
• British Range
• English White
• Tuxedo
Commercial layer strains
Breeder
S.No. Commercial strains Remarks
Name
1 Babcock BV300 50% of Indian share

2 Hendrix Bovans white 10% of Indian share


Hy-Line Brown Popular strain in world;
3 Hy-Line
Hy-Line White The egg size is smaller
USA bird; Largest selling
4 Dekalb Dekalb XL (white) white egg bird in the
world.
1) Lohmann White
5 Lohmann 10% of Indian share
2) Lohmann Brown
Commercial broiler strains

Breeder Commercial
S.No. Remarks
Name strains

1 Cobb 1) Cobb 100 40-50% of Indian market


2) Cobb 400
2 Hubbard
Hubbard Hi-Y
Next to cobb in India; 35-40%
3 Ross Ross 308
of Indian market.
Commercial layer strains developed by
Government institutions in India

1) ILI-80 5) Kalinga Brown


2) Golden 92 6) CARI-gold
3) ILR-90 7) Punjab White
4) HH-260 8) Athulya

Commercial broiler strains developed by


Government institutions in India

1) B-77 3) IBB-83
2) CARIBRO-91 4) IBI-91

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