Bachelor of Science in Agriculture (Animal Science)

This study was conducted to determine the production and management of native chickens in San Luis, Aurora from April to May 2023. Specifically, it aimed to determine the following: a.) the socio-economic profile of the native chicken raisers in San Luis, Aurora; b.) the production of native chicken raisers; c.) flock management in terms of housing, feeding, control of diseases and marketing; and d.) determine the role of men and women in terms of making.
A total of 385 respondents from the different barangays in San Luis, Aurora is dominated by males (55.58%), 1-5 family members, ages ranging from 41-50 years old, have reached elementary level. Most of the (32.47%) had been raising native chicken for 10 years and below. Their reason is due to the low input requirements in native chicken raising.
Native chicken raising in San Luis, Aurora is on a backyard scale (24.22%) of the respondents were 7-9 hens, 4-6 cocks, and 7-9 pullets and 10-12 chicks.
All of the native chicken raiser are engaged in crop-livestock system. They are planting crops and at the same time, raising animals like native chickens. To raise native chickens raisers still practice the traditional management methods particularly in terms of feeds and feeding, housing, breeding and the control of diseases and parasites. Majority of the respondents (66.75%) raise their chickens in a free-range system. They generally feed their chicken with farm products like corn rice bran or root crops.
Most of the raisers who make decisions in the production of native chickens are males. The common problem of the native chicken raisers are diseases affecting their birds. Except for a very few who received government support in terms of veterinary medicine, no government support was extended to help improve native chicken raising in the province of Aurora.