Introduction to Kadaknath Farming
Kadaknath chicken of Kadaknath Farming can be treated as scattered breeds of poultry in India and it has sourced from MP. This breed is highly popular for black flesh, which is also known as black meat. This black flesh is mainly produced in the Eastern section of MP, along with Rajasthan and Gujarat .
This black flesh is highly popular for its taste, texture and quality. Demand of this Kadaknath flesh is becoming so marketable and outspread throughout the places of India just because of their superb medical worth.
According to medical science, this breeds are carrying some health benefits and also used for doing treatment in some particular medical problems, especially medical disorders. These breeds are growing in the climate condition like semi-arid, especially under temperatures from 12 degree C to 42 degree C.
Those breeds are generally well developed in severe a growing situation, which includes poor feeding, conditions, poor housing, poor management and so on. However these kinds of chicken are mainly marketable for its adaptability, taste of black meat, and trust in permeating vigor.
Due to presence of an especial natural pigment known as melanin, the body parts of this chicken like tongue, legs, comb, toenails, bones, wattles, meat, beak, internal organs all are totally black in color. Despite these factors, there are also another feature hidden, which makes this meat popular in the market because of its low fat content.
It has found that in other chicken meat this fat content is upto 12% to 26%, whereas for this kadaknath chicken this fat content would reach up to 0.7% to 1.05%. On another side, a negative matter has shown in the market regarding this kadaknath chicken. The population of Kadaknath breed has reached at down level just because of its low commercial production and heavy demand in the consumer market.
Varieties of Chicken For Kadaknath Farming:
The original breeds are grown by the tribal communities like Bhillalas, Bhils of MP. Despite India, this category of chickens are also found in the native Indonesia, known as “AyyamCemani” and in the native China, known as “Silkie.” There are mainly three different categories of this chicken, such as:
- “Jet Black” : Under this category the color of cockerel and hen is black.
- “Penciled kadaknath” : Under this category the female and male birds carry golden color feathers on the area of their neck as well as head part.
- “Golden Kadaknath”: Under this category the adult section of this birds, except black plumage, they carry white colored feathers in their neck part.
Merits of “Kadaknath chicken”:
There are lot of advantages which hides behind the reason of farming Kadaknath chicken, those are as follows:
- The meat of Kadaknath chicken is flavoured and textured.
- Kadaknath chicken is carrying good medicinal worth.
- This type of chicken breeds can accept any environmental situations.
- Birds would survive and grow easily under low range food habits.
- This type of breed has high disease resistant in comparison with other poultry birds.
- Eggs and meat of this chicken contains nutritious diet.
- This breed contains almost 25% or more than this percentage in comparison with another poultry breeds.
- Egg and meat of Kadaknath chicken are sold at high rate in the consumer market.
- Kadaknath eggs and their meats are generally sold at high rate in the consumer market.
- Kadaknath chickens are containing various types of vitamins, amino acids and so on.
- This black meat also aids to increase hemoglobin and blood cells.
- This black meat chicken is used to sort out pulmonary issues.
- This black meat chicken can also be transform into meat quickly; in short feed conversion percentage is high.
- Eggs of Kadaknath chicken are utilized in treating post delivery issues, nephritis, asthma, headaches and so on.
- This black meat is also treated as good medicinal product for improving women health.
- On another side, the tribal segments of MP are also used blood of this Kadaknath chicken for treating some chronic disease.
- Egg of this black chicken also contains good values of nutrition, which is also beneficial for old aged people.
- The flesh of Kadaknath chicken also carries several vitamins like E, C, B12, B1, B6, B2, nicotinic acid, fat, niacin, phosphorus, calcium, and iron and so on.
- This chicken is highly and hardly worked as resistant for many diseases.
- Similar to broiler chicken, Kadaknath chicken would also survive on the waste of kitchen.
- The main benefit of this chicken is, this breed flesh contains low cholesterol, more protein and comparatively low fat which is lessen than other poultry birds.
- On the other hand, this breed also gains a good weight of approx 1.5kg within six to seven months.
Overall price of Kadaknath eggs and chicken:
As per many medicinal researches, it has found that this breed contains various health related benefits, which makes them highly demanding in the consumer market. This heavy market demand has risen the overall price of this bird up to 600 Rs per kg to 800 Rs per kg. On another side, due to great nutritional values, egg of this Kadaknath chicken has also sold up to Rs 50 ot Rs 40 against each egg.
Comparison of nutritional value:
Here a complete chart has given, which makes others to understand clearly about the nutritional worth of this chicken breeds:
| Kadaknath Chicken | Other Chicken breeds | Properties |
| 0.25 | 0.18 to 0.20 | Protein content |
| 0.24 | 0.21 | Linoleic acid |
| 0.73- 1.03 | 0.13 to 0.25 | Fat content |
| 100gm or 184 mg | 100 gm or 215 mg | Cholesterol |
Procedues of Kadaknath farming:
In this section, the procedure of farming Kadaknath breeds are given below, which is almost similar to any other poultry breed farming:
- Buy good quality breeds of this Kadaknath birds
- After bringing the chicken breeds, needs to be sure that vaccinations have done to those chicks in a proper way.
- At the primary phase one can start to farm minimum number of 30 birds to 50 birds, although this count of farming Kadaknath breed can be increased depending upon the experience level.
- Get knowledge from any agricultural institutes regarding the farming, feeding of those chicks.
- Sometimes it has also found that governments in several states are also allowed for some incentives to farmers for farming those breeds. So everyone must keep themselves aware regarding such kind of government scheme for getting those benefits.
- At the beginning of this farming for few weeks these breeds are needed to take care properly and give mandatory feed or shelter or water, light and so on.
- On the other hand, before starting this poultry business one must know about this poultry system in details and start from small scale.
On another side, anyone can start this Kadaknath poultry business in a commercial way by establishing an appropriate market distribution channel.
Reason of farming Kadaknath Chicken:
This breed has a great medicinal worth except from its nutritive benefits in comparison with other poultry breeds. This is the main reason, why this breed is so much popular and highly marketable. Kadaknath chicken is highly accepted among people because of its disease resistance capability, flexibility, and distinctive taste of meat and so on.
Especially people belonging from tribal or adivasis communities have faith in its medicinal values and also utilize its blood for medicating many diseases. Flesh of this Kadakath chicken performs like vasodilator, which aids in controlling the blood pressure in human body along with immersing vigor.
This chicken is also used as medicine for solving the issue of a specific nervous disorder in homeopathy. This flesh is highly functional in handling abnormal menstruation, women’s sterility, abeting in persistenting abortions. Eggs and flesh of this breed contains highly rich and nutritive protein for older people and children who are going through high pressure along with cholesterol regarding issues.
Farming of this breed is fully depended on its meats and eggs. This farming business has enough capability to generate earnings within a very short span of period. Before making this business successful one must get proper idea and basic training regarding this business and its profit structure.
The farmer must prepare a solid business structure and this plan definitely carries marketing strategies, housing, feeding, capital investment, labor, care and so many things. Once a proper business stratgegy has made, one would start the business of farming this Kadaknath breed in a commercial way.
In this commercial farming and breeding, one would give pre-starter “boiler feed” along with maize crumbs within beginning of two months periods. One would start to feed this breed which indicates towards the broiler starter nourishing based on the chicken’s age and body weight.
Those breed consume different categories of sustenance collected from the wastage of market to grass, leafy vegatables and so on. In the open range section of farming, one would be able to become aware what actual requirement of them is and also involve in feeding so many things like grass, insects, and seeds.
On another hand, for getting the maximum result from this Kadaknath breeding the humidity and temperature of the room must be from 0.50 to 0.70 along with 20 degree C to 26 degree C. Chicken from Kadaknath breed would survive from the temperature starting from 16 degree C to 35 degree C. This breed is generally reared or housed in cages or litter system. Under the cage system, the zenith of this shed would be 10 feet to 15 feet high and sides would be also from 8 feet to 10 feet.
Conclusion:
In recent time, Kadaknath chicken has become so famous. This thing has happened due to it’s taste quality along with its medicinal values also.It has also found that this breed is flexible and could easily adapt any temperature. This breeds are exhibit and hardy by containing an appreciable power of resistance. It has also found that the demand of this Kadaknath chicken is increasing in the consumer market day after day. The government has also declarded many schemes, so that people show their interest in farning this Kadaknath chicken. This scenario shows that kadaknath chicken has high economic value in today’s market.
