SATELITE HATCHERY AND MOTHER UNIT

The poultry development in India has made large strides in the last few decades. The country has the potential to improve the poultry production. For this diversification from chicken is needed. Under this process of diversification duck, quail, emu , ostrich , turkey farming can be undertaken. Ostrich is being reared for its meat and skin in order to satisfy a growing export market. Emu meat is an excellent alternative for health conscious consumers who loves the taste of beef. But ostrich and emu production is highly management intensive. Turkey is mainly reared for meat and is quite popular in many western countries. It is one of the choicest white meat famous for its leanness and delicacy. However it still needs to be popularized among farmers to provide diversified food and employment. On the contrary India has inherent natural advantage with long coastline for duck farming. More over ducks can be reared under semi-scavenging and scavenging system. In case of quails this systems cannot be followed but they can be reared in intensive farming system with less financial inputs as compare to others. Hence for rural poultry development under diversification program, farming of quails and duck can be under taken. Quails are known for its delicacy and there is no need for popularization. Moreover from nutrition point of view quail meat and eggs are superior.