Brief Introduction

Poultry generally is referred to all domestic birds raised by man for the production of eggs, meat, and other benefits for human consumption. The domestic birds include fowl ducks, turkey, guinea fowl, and geese., poultry products have been found to have the highest protein concentration of about 20.5% relative to others success of protein (animals) and have the shortest production cycle of all animals.

The production cycle involves all the activities in the rearing of livestock from day-old to maturity. For example, to achieve a ten-fold increase in body weight in relation to weight at birds, Williamson and Payne (1978) outlined that it takes 25 days in a broiler, 48 days in piglets, 250 days in caves, and 170 days in sheep.

The rearing of pigs, cattle’s and goats however requires extensive kind more than poultry where more units of production can be achieved from a given space compared to the farmer. These advantages are perhaps the cause of a higher turnover in poultry production at a reasonably short period of time in this work more emphasis shall be made specifically on the domestic fowl, which are the major birds for commercial and nutritional importance in Ikpoba Okha Local Government of Edo State.

Poultry rearing has been in practice in Ikpoba Okha for a long time. The traditional motive varies from hobby to the use of fowl and eggs as food. Apart from the important roles that the foul play in the traditional workshop of duties in many parts of the states, some communities use it as a gift to their neighbours in appreciation of a good deed and as a mark of solidarity.

Table of Contents

Chapter One     

Introduction

• Background of information
• Statement of problem
• Purpose of the study
• Limitation of the study
• Statement of hypothesis
• Scope of the study
• Significance of the study
• Definition of terms

Chapter Two    

Literature Review

Prospect of poultry production

Problem of poultry production

Chapter Three

Methodology

• Research Design
• Population
• Sample of the study
• Instrument
• Validation of the instrument
• Administration of questionnaires
• Method of data analysis

Chapter Four    

Data presentation/Analysis

Chapter Five     

Summary, Conclusion and Recommendation

Bibliography    

Questionnaire