Participants keenly observe and take notes of steps on how to make their chicken feed.
PAVIA, Iloilo - To promote sustainable livelihood for low-income individuals, ATI Region 6, together with the Department of Social Welfare and Development and the National Irrigation Administration, conducted two batches of the three-day training on Chicken Egg Production cum Gender Role Awareness last October 20-22, 2022 at the Taytay sa Kauswagan Skills and Knowledge Institute Inc. in Barangay Mali-ao. The said training was implemented under the Enhanced Partnership Against Hunger and Poverty (EPAHP) of the government.
Twenty-five participants were educated on comprehensive topics, which include Poultry Industry Situationer: Current Situation of Poultry Production in the Philippines, Prospects in Layer Production, Physical Anatomy and Physiology of Chicken, Body Systems, External Anatomy, Molting, Internal Systems, Growth and Development of Chicken, Health Management and Biosecurity in Chicken, Common Diseases and Symptoms in Chicken, Vaccination and Disease Prevention, Requirement in Layer Farming, Site selection, Housing, Stocks selection, and culling, Strains of Layers, Feeds and Feeding, Layer Management; Egg Harvesting, Handling and Delivery, Harvesting, weighing & sorting, Handling and storage, Delivery, Farm Recording System: Importance of a Recording System; Production Standards, Calculations of Layer Performance and Cost and Return Analysis. In addition to the practical knowledge, the orientation on Women’s Role in Farming: Philippine Plan for Gender-Responsive Development for Women 1995-2025 was also emphasized during the sessions.
After the lectures, participants went on a learning trip to two different chicken layer farms in Iloilo and learned the actual care and management of the different classifications of layer chickens. They were also educated on how to make chicken feed using available resources in their backyards.
“We learned a lot about how to manage and care for our native chickens. This is something we need and we want more training like this because we want to have zero hunger in our community,” expressed Lorna Regodos, a participant.
This training is in support of the government’s sustainable livelihood projects aimed toward food availability and sustainability.
