1.7 ostrich farming systems in teh world

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Ostrich Farming Systems

Ostrich Farming Systems

1-Natural Breeding Pairs

2-Breeding Pair plus Incubator

3-Artifcal Incubation of Eggs

4-Artifical Rearing of Ostriches

5-Feather Production

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1-Natural Breeding Pairs

One male and one female

4 pairs /ha

Breeder lay and incubate the eggs

25 chicks rear / pair

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2-Breeding Pairs plus Incubator

Breeder pairs lay eggs

Eggs are collected from shed

Hatch the eggs in incubator

Chicks from incubator are than

added with breeder pairs

maintained 25 chicks / pair

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3-Artifical Incubation of Eggs

Breeder pairs lay eggs

Eggs are collected from shed

Eggs are stored for 3 days

Hatch the eggs in incubator

Chicks from incubator are than

sold or

Ostrich chicks raised upto 3 or 6

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feed:

first 6 mo second six months

ost 20 ost 11

per day 35 kg per day 35

days 180 days 180

126000 kg 69300

eggs 126 beg bal waste 0

kg used 69300

eggs 69.3

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4-Artifical Rearing of Chicks

This system apply mainly to

entrepreneurs who buy and rear

chicks upto different ages i.e.

Ostrich chicks raised upto 3 or 6

12 months

Ostrich chicks reared like

poultry birds .

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4-Artifical Rearing of Chicks

Required the skill of farm

management

After 3 month can be kept in flock

of 50 to 100 chicks upto slaughter

age

Feed offered in shed

Water offered in shed .

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Beginning eggs total egs

ostrich 10 4 40

land 10 3 30

incubator 1 16 16

feed 126000 /1000 63

shelter 1 2

total 151

Younger sister

Capital –whose?

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End of the year-Younger

At the end of the year, she exchanged her

remaining eggs for 18 pairs of ostriches of

the same breed as hers

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During the year- Younger

5-Feather Production

1863-1975 feather production was

the main aim of ostrich production

Feather are used in royal cap

Income generation 7-10%

Breeder – yield after every 8 months

Slaughter birds –yield one in life

Production 1.5-2 kg but low cost

Ostrich free from internal and

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