Sri Vijaya Puram | September 7, 2026
As a part of its ongoing efforts to advertise yard poultry farming and strengthen rural livelihood alternatives, the Department of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Services distributed 1,059 chicks and ducklings to farmers in Kadamtala on September 4.
The birds had been equipped from the Central Hatchery, Livestock Farm Complex, Dollygunj, with the initiative geared toward encouraging small and marginal farmers to take up yard poultry farming as an extra supply of earnings in addition to dietary assist for rural households.
Among the varieties promoted, Vanaraja birds are thought-about effectively fitted to yard rearing underneath rural situations as a consequence of their hardiness, illness resistance and talent to thrive on domestically out there feed sources. The breed has dual-purpose utility, offering each meat and a reasonable degree of egg manufacturing.
The Nicobari fowl, an indigenous breed, is primarily identified for its egg manufacturing and illness resistance. Kuttanad geese are valued for his or her good egg-laying capability, whereas Vigova geese are broiler geese primarily reared for meat manufacturing.
The Department said that it stays dedicated to selling sustainable poultry improvement throughout the Islands by supplying improved and appropriate yard poultry varieties to farmers in numerous elements of the Union Territory.
