Training programme report on backyard poultry management 2nd 3rd July 2015

Training Programme Report on

Desi Backyard Poultry Management Kotha Baleru Village, Srikakulam district, Andhra Pradesh, 2nd-3rd July 2015

Supported by:

Organized by:

Tr a i ni n g P r o g r a m m e o n D e si B a c k y a r d P ou l t r y Management Introduction

May 2015. 40 women and men assembled in their community hall and discussed about existing back

Desi Poultry is consists about 84 % of country’s

yard poultry production system. Community had split

population ( 19th Livestock Census, 2012) though,

into three groups like women, men and youth and

In the last 4 decades India has made lot of

discussed BYP management issues and challenges.

investments blindly on promoting commercial poultry

According to them the major losses occurring due to

farming particularly broiler and improved breeds. In

attack of Ranikhet disease during summer and

the same time rural backyard poultry has been

predators is another issue. Based on the discussion

neglected completely. Across India there are many

they (54hh) estimated the loss Rs 60000-70000 (300

indigenous backyard poultry breeds found in tribal

to 350 birds) worth of poultry last year due to

areas. It is well known fact that a fairly significant

Ranikhet Disease. Apart from this village there are

proportion of the landless and particularly women

another 14 tribal hamlets consisted in the same

depend on their backyard poultry for supplementary

Sorlangi GP. Community realised that the total of 8

income and family nutrition security. According to

to 9 lakhs worth of poultry they have been losing

Census 2012, Around 35.60 lakhs of Households are

annual from Sorlangi GP itself. After through

engaged in Back Yard Poultry production system in

discussion they came up with a strategy that; Pass

united Andhra Pradesh. Therefore, average flock size

the

is around 8 birds per household, which is again

gram

sabha

resolution

towards

making

agreement that willingness to pay for poultry health

highest among the country. Due to organically

care, Develop health worker from own community,

rearing back poultry and its delicious meet and egg

send him/her for BYP training to build their

is highly demand in the open market, however lack

capacities on BYP.

of knowledge on preventive health care system rural women are unable to enhance back yard poultry production.

Context WASSAN team consisting Mr A. Ravindra, Dr Sabyasachi Das and Dr M.L. Sanyasi Rao made a visit to tribal village Kothabaleru hamlet of Sorlangi GP at Srikakulam district, Andhra Pradesh on 30th

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Facilitators supplied cards to write on it later they

As a follow up of above strategy CAVS (Chinnayya Adivasi Vikasha Sangham)

have

shared with the group. Facilitators consolidated the

discussed with

flock dynamics and consolidated as follow.

communities in 60 villages and shared about the BYP Management strategy. Sa far 21 village have

According to their perception, Out of the 200 chicks,

conducted grama sabhas and 20 villages passed

49 chicks (24.5%) will die due to diseases, 57

resolutions to pay health service charges and elected

(28.5%) chicks

youth for sending BYP training. One village is not

deaths, snake bites etc. These dynamics for 4

convinced to pay service charge. (See: Annexure -

months period only, if they keep chicks year long

1).

they loss them completely in summer due to Ranikhet. Participants were highlighted three major

CAVS organized two days training program on BYP

reasons for losing chicks are:

at Kotha baleru village between 2nd and 3rd July 2015. A total of 20 participants (who were elected by the community from 20 villages) attended the training program. Among the participants 5 of them are

Desi

birds

breeding

unit

loss due to predators, accidental

entrepreneurs

•

Lack of night shelter

•

No fencing around the shed

•

Lack of Immunization

•

Irregular ratio of supplementary feed

(supported by ATMA, SRK) were attended. Among

Facilitators are focused above issues to discuss more

the total 40% are women.

in the training program.

Dr. A.V. Mohan Rao, Currently working as a livestock

Poultry Shelters

advisor at WASSAN and Dr M.L. Sanyasi Rao (Program officer WASSAN for RRA livestock Node) facilitated this training. Mr Kailash Sahoo (Coordinator CAVS) and Ms Bhudevi (Secretary of CAVS) have made logistic arrangements.

First Day - 2nd July 2015 Training program began at 11 am. Welcome address made by Bhudevi (CAVS) and shared about the context of the training. Participants attended from

Participants sat in the groups to discuss more on

20 villages of 7 GP of 3 Mandals like Hiramandalam,

day/ night shelters and their usefulness and risks

Seethampet and LN Peta of Srikakulam Dist.

etc. Facilitators asked them to draw whatever they could visualize and describe about them use in

Session began with brainstorming exercise on

poultry management and cost of shelter etc.

production loses. Facilitators asked them if we

Trainees drawn various types of baskets made up of

assume one hen with 10 chicks what would be the

bamboo and palm leaves which are used during day

status of flock after 4 months period of time.

time namely 1. Mutha guda, 2.Thatta gudu, 3. Butta

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gudu, 4.Karra gudu, 5.Ooja gudu and Mattigudu.

Importance of fencing around the shed and establishing scavenge based feed resource development

Except Mattigudu all others are used in day time during feeding time and many households use them as night shelters as well. Karra gudu is just placing

High predation occurs during agriculture season due

sticks horizontally so that birds will sit on them in

to spending more time in the fields. A family who

night.

owns above 50 chickens it must be fenced around the night shelter by providing 10 sft running space

Community do not allow poultry out for scavenging

per bird. Fence could be done with locally available

during seed sowing time they opine that poultry eat

materials like palm petiole, palm leaves, bamboo,

away seeds which they sown in nearest fields. They

live fencing can be done by planting of Jatropha,

cover poultry with big baskets known as Muthagudu,

Mehindi, Vitex negundo etc. Farmers can increase

Thatta gudu and Butta gudu. Sometimes farmers

the availability of feed inside the fencing as follows:

when they use pesticides in the field then they follow the same practice.

•

Planting of maize plants with 1 feet distance around the fencing- each plant yield about 100-

Many farmers use baskets type coobs as night

150g of corn.

shelters, so wild animals easily attack birds and poultry sleep on sticks or nearby trees during night time so more changes to wild animals to attack on

•

Drumstick trees- leaves are high protein

•

Fruit trees like papaya and guava are more useful

birds.

•

Legumes like cow pea, red gram, green can be broadcasted

Facilitators explained about the importance of night shelters and maintaining cleanliness of the shed.

Facilitators showed video films, photographs of good

•

Developing azolla pit

•

Tie large animals inside the fencing so that manure will enhance raising earthworms

night shelters to the trainees explained them about

•

importance of ventilation and keep in mind of living

Climbers like beans and cucurbits can be planted along the fencing.

space 1sft/per bird and providing drinking water and feeders in the shed.

Post Lunch Session Facilitators

discussed

with

trainees

about

establishment of desi breed farm and construction of night shelter and fencing etc. We have discussed ratio of keeping cocks and hens, feeding details for layer and hatching hens and how to enhance rate of hatchability etc.

Among the trainees three more participants have shown interest to establish breeding farm.

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Seasonal calendar of Poultry diseases:

Facilitators explained the trainees about Medicinal herbs which can be used as dewormer, trainees

Facilitators tried to map out the poultry diseases

prepared a decoction of seasonally available herb

with help of trainees which occur in a year.

Disease name

Medavirupu

known as “Nelavemu� Andrographis paniculata kept ready to use in the next day. We have used 1kg of

Seasonality of occurrence

Mortality

March- June

*****

until remains 1 litre of water.

Dec-Feb

****

We have planned for conducting RD vaccination

whole plant and added 4 litres of water and boiled

(Ranikhet)

Ammathalli (Fowl pox)

camp in two villages of next day.

Parudu

Rainy season

(Bacteria white diarrhoea)

Kunukudu

***

Second Day - 3rd July 2015

Chicks mortality is high Rainy and winter

***

Throughout the year

**

Throughout the year

*

(Salmonella)

Nattalu (Intestinal worms)

Kodi pelu (Poultry lice)

* Least is least.

As per the discussion Medavirupu

(Ranikhet

disease) rogam is more dangerous disease of

Dr AVM has explained the process of diluting RD

poultry. Facilitators discussed about the diseases like

vaccine

fowl pox, white diarrhoea and ticks and lice and intestinal

worms.

Facilitators

described

and

precautions

while

conducting

vaccination camp at village. He suggested either in

about

the early morning or late evening is ideal for

symptoms and causative organisms and preventive

conducting

measures. Facilitators explained about vaccination

RD

vaccine

and

ensuring

the

maintenance of cold chain during the vaccination

details, also explained benefits of regular deworming

camp. Participants were divided into two groups did

of poultry particularly prior to the vaccination.

vaccine in Kothabaleru village and Chinna vangara village. Along with Lasota eye drops volunteers were also administered herbal medicine orally to eradicate intestinal worms. Announcement have made in the previous night in two villages and informed farmers about the poultry vaccine so that community kept their

poultry

in

sheds

for

easy

vaccination.

Community have paid two rupees per bird.

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In the village Kothabaleru did RD vaccine for 170

Resource persons screened few videos on backyard

birds and collected Rs 340 and in the Chinnavangara

poultry management.

village did for 110 birds and community paid Rs220.

Trainees have made an action plan for conducting

After the vaccination camp trainees assembled in the

RD vaccination in their respective villages as follows:

class room at 11am. Trainees shared about their field experiences. Facilitator suggested schedule of RD and Fowl Pox vaccination for BYP.

Age of chick

Vaccination

Type of vaccine

5 day

RD Lasota

Eye drops

28 day

RD lasota

Eye drops

Once in two months

RD lasota

Eye drops

56 day

Fowl Pox

Wing web

Deworming

Herbal medicine decoction of

3 days prior to the vaccination.

Andrographis paniculata

Names of the villages

Proposed date for conducting RD vaccine

Anthili, Kurmavalasa, Bandi loya

16th July

Bennadu guda

14th July

Chaparai guda, Sastrulla peta

20th July

Dabara

13th July

Gouripolam guda

21st July

Janjoda

10th July

Jilakarra guda and Potti gaum

17th July

Kotha baleru and Chinna vangara

3rd July

Kummari guda

12th July

Marriguda

18th July

Sudirai guda and Thottadi

15th July

CAVS secretary Ms. Bhudevi distributed a reading material on back yard poultry to the trainees which was published by an NGO.

Dr. Sunny has explained about the utilization of farm products as poultry feed and composition of feed mixing ensuring the availability of energy, protein, vitamins and minerals. He did brainstorming exercise them about the existing practice of feeding their poultry. Listed what are the grains they use as poultry feed and where exactly making mistakes and he tried to fill the gap with locally available food Bhudevi did conclusion remarks and vote of thanks

materials.

to the resource persons.

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Annexure - 1 List of participants who were attended the BYP training.

Village

CRP Name

Mobile

Hiramandalam Mandal, Gulumuru Gram Panchayat Kothapet

Peddinti Chinnari

9963016206

Sastrullapeta

Janni Roja

8978474810

Jagannadapuram

Ulaka Ravi

7732005505

Chaparaiguda

Biddika Chinnarao

9652857330

Oppiguda

Nimmaka Tulasi

8978474810

Hiramandalam Mandal, Garlapadu Gram Panchayat Anthili

Uyika Krishna

9441944092

Anthili

Uyika Nageswarao

9441944038

Marriguda

Uyika Suresh

8985622960

Marriguda

Nimmaka SankaRao

9492423370

Seethampeta Mandal, Kadagandi Gram Panchayat Chinna vangara

Kadraka Ramesh

9704913775

MN Guda

Savara Ramarao

7702007560

Gouri Polam guda

Savara Prasada Rao

9502259307

Santha valasa

Savara Jaya

7893132845

Ondrujola

Savara Prameela

9652891631

Seethampeta Mandal, Kodisa Gram Panchayat Dabara

Savara Vansantha Rao

9492565586

Bennaduguda

Savara Krishna

9550618419

Kummari gandi

Savara Narayana

9908152130

Seethampeta Mandal, Shambham Gram Panchayat Thottadi

Mudaka Sobhana babu

9618141449

L.N. Peta Mandal, Chorlangi Gram Panchayat Jambadu

Himaraka Suman

7092451705

Kothaguda

Kundangi Prasad Rao

9441934655

Bandaloya

Savara Prasad

7893297084

Kothaguda

Kundangi Teja

9618358473

Kothabaleru

Savara Soundarya

9502112462

Kothabaleru

Savara Simhachalam

Kothabaleru

Savara Chinni

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