Ideal floor space requirement of ducks during brooding and early growing period
- International Journal of Avian & Wildlife Biology
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S C Giri, M K Padhi
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Abstract
Ducks (Anas Platyrhynchos) are the second most important avian species next to chicken contributing towards egg and meat production for human consumption. Unlike chicken, duck farming is not much commercialized in India where the farmers practiced extensive or semi-intensive method of rearing for livelihood and nutritional security. However, ample opportunity lies with duck farming to harvest the full potential of the species for egg production as they lay eggs more in number as well as bigger in size in a productive life span compared to chicken. In order to popularize commercial duck production for more economic gain, emphasis is being given on intensive duck rearing where housing and floor space provision need to be addressed fully besides feeding and management practices. Thus an experiment was planned to study and standardize the floor space requirement of a laying variety duck1 for optimum performance during brooding and early growing period up to five weeks of age.
Keywords
Duck rearing, Floor space, Khaki Campbell, Brooding management, Growth performance
