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.
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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
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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
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until remains 1 litre of water.
Dec-Feb
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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
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Second Day - 3rd July 2015
Chicks mortality is high Rainy and winter
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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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