![]() ![]() About 2/3 of chicken owners provide supplementary feed for their chickens and 93.75% of the respondent has market access. Regarding the feeding activities, about 28.12% of chicken were scavengers whereas 44.80% were scavenging with the supplementary feed, and only 9.37% processed or purchased feed which contains a high nutritional value and 17.71% were homemade feed. From those households, 56.25% purchased their chicken from government and private hatchery. Most of the respondents (47.92%) have completed elementary school followed by college and university (20.83%). ![]() Accordingly, 90.62% of respondents use the backyard poultry production system and 9.38% semi-intensive. A total of 384 households were selected randomly and assessed using a structured questionnaire survey. A cross-sectional study was conducted in the Damot Sore district of Wolaita Zone to assess the major constraints and health management activities.
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