Animal Husbandry WAEC

Poultry Production

Bayani Gaba-gaba

Walk through a poultry market in Kano and you will see white Leghorns destined for egg trays, heavy white Broilers destined for the pot, and small, tough local chickens that seem to need almost nothing to survive. Three different birds, three different jobs, and behind each one a farmer who chose that breed, that housing system and that feeding routine on purpose. Poultry production is the single most widely practised branch of animal husbandry in Nigeria, from the backyard flock scratching around a compound in Enugu to the thousand-bird deep-litter house outside Ibadan.

In this lesson you will learn to sort poultry into its classes by production purpose, name the breeds a Nigerian farmer actually keeps and what each is best at, compare the three systems used to house and manage a flock, follow an egg from the nest through incubation to hatch, track a chick through brooding, growing and laying, and finish at the point of sale, where a live bird becomes dressed meat or a graded egg.

Manufura

  1. Classify poultry into the various classes
  2. State the common breeds of poultry reared in Nigeria
  3. Distinguish between the systems of poultry management
  4. Explain the process of incubation in poultry production
  5. Explain the management practices in poultry production
  6. Explain the methods of processing poultry products

Taswirar tunani

An zana wannan batu don ka ga yadda ra'ayoyi ke hadewa.

Katunan tunawa

Gwaji mai sauri kan abin da ake jarraba a wannan batu.

Takardar Darasi

Poultry is the collective name for domestic birds kept for eggs, meat or both, chiefly chickens but also turkeys, ducks and guinea fowl. It is the fastest, cheapest way to put animal protein on a Nigerian table: a chick reaches market weight in weeks, not the months or years a goat or a cow needs, and a flock can be started in a small backyard with little capital. Every decision a poultry keeper makes, which class of bird to keep, which breed, which housing system, how to hatch replacement stock, and how to manage a flock from chick to point of sale, either protects that speed and cheapness or quietly erodes it.

Nazarin Darasi

Barka da kammala darasi akan Poultry Production. Yanzu da kuka bincika mahimman raayoyi da raayoyi, lokaci yayi da zaku gwada ilimin ku. Wannan sashe yana ba da ayyuka iri-iri Tambayoyin da aka tsara don ƙarfafa fahimtar ku da kuma taimaka muku auna fahimtar ku game da kayan.

Za ka gamu da haɗe-haɗen nau'ikan tambayoyi, ciki har da tambayoyin zaɓi da yawa, tambayoyin gajeren amsa, da tambayoyin rubutu. Kowace tambaya an ƙirƙira ta da kyau don auna fannoni daban-daban na iliminka da ƙwarewar tunani mai zurfi.

Yi wannan ɓangaren na kimantawa a matsayin wata dama don ƙarfafa fahimtarka kan batun kuma don gano duk wani yanki da kake buƙatar ƙarin karatu. Kada ka yanke ƙauna da duk wani ƙalubale da ka fuskanta; maimakon haka, ka kallesu a matsayin damar haɓaka da ingantawa.

  1. Poultry reared mainly for egg production are classified as: A. Broilers B. Layers C. Dual-purpose birds D. Table birds Answer: B
  2. Which of these breeds is best known as a high-yielding egg-type breed with white plumage? A. Rhode Island Red B. Broiler C. White Leghorn D. Local chicken Answer: C
  3. The average incubation period for chicken eggs is: A. 14 days B. 18 days C. 21 days D. 28 days Answer: C
  4. In which system of poultry management are birds allowed to roam freely in search of food with little or no housing? A. Intensive system B. Semi-intensive system C. Extensive/free-range system D. Battery cage system Answer: C
  5. Dressing percentage in poultry processing is calculated as: A. Live weight divided by dressed weight B. Dressed weight divided by live weight, multiplied by 100 C. Feed intake divided by body weight D. Egg weight divided by shell weight Answer: B

Tambayoyin Sake Nazari

Kana ka na mamaki yadda tambayoyin baya na wannan batu suke? Ga wasu tambayoyi da suka shafi Poultry Production daga shekarun baya.

Tambaya 1 Rahoto

specimens

Specimen H (Plastic bucket)

Round bucket plastic household 12 liters

(a)(i) State five ways in which specimen H could be used in poultry production.

(ii) Mention two advantages of using specimen H in animal production

(iii) State two disadvantages of using specimen H in animal production.

 

Specimen I (Mercury in glass thermometer)

Different Parts of a Mercury Thermometer

(b) Give one reason for using specimen I in the brooding of chicks

 Specimen J (Ear tag)

Livestock Ear Tag (For Cattle, Pigs, and Goats) - Identification Tool -  Afrimash.com - Nigeria

(c)(i) State two ways in which the use of specimen J is important in animal production.

(ii) Name three farm animals on which specimen J could be used.

Bayanin Amsa

Specimen H (plastic bucket)

(a)(i) Five ways it could be used in poultry production

  • For fetching and supplying water.
  • For conveying and supplying feed.
  • For collecting and packing eggs.
  • For evacuating litter and disposing of waste.
  • For storing feed, water or drugs and for mixing feed and medications.

(a)(ii) Two advantages of using it in animal production

  • It is light, portable and easy to handle, and does not rust or corrode.
  • It is cheap and readily available, and cannot be attacked by termites/insects.

(a)(iii) Two disadvantages of using it in animal production

  • It can break or crack.
  • It can catch fire and is affected by direct sunlight (and is non-biodegradable).

Specimen I (mercury-in-glass thermometer)

(b) One reason for using it in the brooding of chicks

  • To check and monitor the temperature in the brooder house so that the correct warmth for the chicks is maintained.

Specimen J (ear tag)

(c)(i) Two ways in which its use is important in animal production

  • For the identification of individual animals.
  • For record keeping and to show ownership.

(c)(ii) Three farm animals on which it could be used

  • Cattle
  • Sheep
  • Goat (also pig)