What are the characteristics of poultry farming in China?

At present, the poultry industry in China has two characteristics. First, intensive farming methods, rural specialized household farming methods and farmers' backyard free-range farming methods coexist; Secondly, company management, company plus farmer management and individual farmer management coexist.

Enterprises adopting intensive production mode have relatively large scale of poultry production, high degree of automation in production process and high technology content, integrating breeding poultry production, commercial poultry hatching, feeding, feed, slaughtering and processing and product sales, and are the representatives of advanced production mode.

The production mode of company plus farmers is one of the characteristics of the development of poultry breeding industry in China and plays an important role in developing rural economy. The company signed a breeding production agreement with farmers, and the company provided chicks, feed and related production technologies in a unified way. According to the technical requirements of the company, farmers use their own manpower and facilities to specialize in poultry breeding activities. The company recycles, processes and sells the farmed live birds or eggs.

Poultry raising by individual professional households in rural areas is the main mode of production in China's poultry industry at present. The total amount of poultry raising is large, the scale of each household is relatively small, the facilities are simple, the degree of automation is low, the labor intensity is high, and the sanitary conditions are relatively poor. Raising poultry in farmers' yards is another feature of poultry industry in China. The number of poultry raised is small, the poultry are free to move, and almost no compound feed is fed, so it is difficult to ensure hygiene and epidemic prevention.