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01 November 2025
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മലയാളം
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Animal Husbandry > Chicken
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Backyard Poultry Units
The main breeds of backyard poultry are Kalinga Brown, Mumbai Desi, Rhode Island
Red and CARI Nirbheek. During 2004-05 Animal Husbandry Department Farms produced
7.14 lakh Nos. of chicks. The methods of rearing chicken in the backyard differ
greatly from place to place. Though the housing conditions are almost adequate,
proper attention to feeding is practically not given. Also the production potential
of the desi flocks in such units may be greatly improved by introducing exotic blood.
Therefore particular attention may be given to those important aspects namely,
- Introduction of exotic males in the backyard units.
- Rearing of cross-bred
birds viz. Gramalakshmi, Gramapriya, etc.
- To give better ventilation in the
night shelter.
- Timely preventive vaccinations and deworming.
- To provide
some amount of balanced feed rather than leaving the birds entirely for scavenging.
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To provide some amount of balanced feed rather than leaving the birds entirely for
scavenging.
A suitable all-purpose premix is suggested below exclusively for the use of backyard
poultry. Fairly good egg production can be achieved by providing 50 per cent of
daily requirement of feed in the form of balanced feed/commercial feed.
Concentrate mixture for backyard poultry
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Ingredients
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Premix I (%)
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Premix II (%)
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Groundnut cake (expeller)
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52
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60
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Gingelly oil cake
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20
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Unsalted dried fish
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20
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32
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Broken rice/wheat/dried tapioca
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4
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4
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Mineral mixture for poultry
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4
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4
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Total
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100
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100
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(Source: Kerala Agricultural University)
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