Some Idea when Choosing a chicken breed


Important factors when choosing the best breed of chickens for your
situation are: price, market situation, experience, farm management,
local preference and availability.

The price will determine your choice. Modern hybrids are very expensive.
They also need very good care and high quality, balanced feed to
be productive.

Local breeds are cheaper and better adapted to local
conditions. With adequate care, they are reasonably productive. However,
if you want to raise chickens on a larger scale and decide to buy
balanced feed, it is better to choose the more expensive hybrids.
It is important to consider the local market situation. Medium-weight
hybrids should only be chosen if there is a good market for eggs and
meat and a steady supply of good, balanced chicken-feed.

If you want to concentrate on selling eggs, consider buying lighter, white layers. In
all other situations, the heavier, usually brown breeds would be a better
choice. If you live far from a market and mainly want to produce
for home consumption, only selling extra eggs and meat locally, you
are best off with a local breed.

If you have no experience of raising chickens, it is best to start with a
cheaper, local breed.

12 Small-scale chicken production
If farm management is good, you can buy the more expensive and
profitable hybrids.

In some countries local preference favours brown eggs.
Hybrids are not always locally available, so you will be dependent on
what can be obtained in your area.

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