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| Free Range Chickens being fed (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
Job Description:
The growing consciousness about diet and requirement of protein and other such nutrients in food, especially among the people living in urban and semi urban areas has brought about a change in dietary habits. Chicken and eggs, at affordable costs, are most easily available source for such nutrients. This factor, as well as the fact that breeding chickens is comparatively easy and profits substantial has contributed to the rapid growth of poultry farming in the last couple of decades. Today poultry farming has developed into a huge industry involving approximately seven lacs people.
Poultry farming encompasses breeding and rearing of chicks for different purposes, feed formulation, preventing and controlling disease and overall management of the farm including finance and marketing functions. Success in this field demands a combination of good managerial skills and specialized knowledge about the job.
