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Improving hatchability through Homestead Incubators (Poultry)

Background :
            Mr.K.G.Manoharan of Sankagiri village is a marginal farmer initially reared desi birds. In his enterprise, he found the hatchability of eggs by using brooding hens is very low.

Interventions :
            He approached to our KVK and suitably advised to design the incubator with scientific specifications Process :
            He designed and made small homestead incubators (capacity 150 nos. of eggs) and started selling to the needy farmers. The hatchability in this incubator was found to be 75-85%. He is selling @ Rs.8,500/ incubator. By his contribution to the backyard poultry farmers, the hatchability has improved at farmer’s field and also enables them to get good quality proven chicks.

Technology :
            Small homestead incubator Impact : The hatchability in this incubator was found to be 75-85%. He is selling @ Rs.8,500/ incubator. By his contribution to the backyard poultry farmers, the hatchability has improved at farmer’s field and also enables them to get good quality proven chicks. He was awarded “Vellan Semmal Viruthu - 2008” from TNAU, Coimbatore for his contribution in designing and supplying the incubator to the needy farmer.

Horizontal spread:
            Rural poultry farmers purchased the incubator and their farm hatchability was improved upto 70 – 80 per cent.

 Employment generation:
            It has generated employment for himself and other farmers too.

Source:

Krishi Vigyan Kendra
Veterinery College and Research Institute Campus
Tamil Nadu Veterinery and Animal Sciences University
Namakka - 637 002.