Production of day-old chicks from crossbred chicken eggs by broody hens, rice husk incubator and electric incubator, and their rearing up to 6 weeks

Livestock Research for Rural Development

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 35-44

  Roy, B C ^a   Ranvig, H ^b   Chowdhury, S D ^c   Rashid, M M ^a   Faruque, M R ^d  

^a Department of Livestock Services ^*  (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^d Chittagong Veterinary Laboratory   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Broody hen; Chick rearing; Hatchability and rice husk incubator

Indexed keywords

CORCHORUS CAPSULARIS; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 2942633170     PISSN: 01213784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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