Management Practices of Chicken Under Village Production Systems in Dandi and Toke-Kutaye Districts of West Shewa Zone of Oromia, Ethiopia

Abstract

The study was conducted to assess management practices of chicken under village/traditional production systems in Dandi and Toke-Kutaye districts of west Shewa Zone of Oromia, Ethiopia. A total of 180 respondents were randomly selected from six purposively selected kebeles in the study areas based on the accessibility and potential in chicken production. All the collected data were analyzed using SPSS version of 16. The study revealed that majority of the respondents practice traditional scavenging system of chicken production. Regard to feed resource and feeding practices, about 74.44% of the respondents practiced scavenging with additional supplements and 8.33% use only scavenging with no additional feed supplements. The surveyed result revealed that the main sources of water identified in the study areas were rivers, tape water, pond water and holes water. In the study areas, majority (73.3%) of the households were provided supplementary feeds by throwing on the ground which is primitive practices. The major chicken diseases identified in the study areas were New castle disease, Fowl typhoid, Infectious bronchitis, Gumboro and Marek’s diseases in order of their importance. Thus, the major chicken management problems in the study areas were alleviated through provision of training for concerned bodies on modern chicken management technologies.

Keywords: chickens, management and traditional

DOI: 10.7176/JBAH/13-13-03

Publication date:August 31^st 2023