Effective model of raising worshiping roosters to serve the Tet market

(QNO) - Many farmers in Tam Loc commune (Phu Ninh) have recently converted to the model of raising free-range roosters to serve the market during the 2024 Lunar New Year and brought economic efficiency due to stable output and higher prices than raising chickens for meat or egg-laying chickens.

Mr. Nguyen Van Dien raises 3,000 sacrificial roosters to serve the 2024 Lunar New Year market. Photo: D.Y

At this time, 2 farms raising worshiping roosters of Mr. Nguyen Van Dien (Dai Dong village, Tam Loc) are ready to supply traders with a quantity of 3,000 roosters. Mr. Dien said that this is the 3rd year his family has switched to raising worshiping roosters to serve the market during the traditional Tet holiday of the nation.

"I have some experience raising meat chickens, so when I realized that the market really needed beautiful roosters to serve during Tet, I switched to raising them. I only raise one batch each year and the output is guaranteed by traders, so I feel quite secure," said Mr. Dien.

The offering rooster is a sugarcane chicken or chip chicken with the advantage of being beautiful with a big red comb, golden legs and white meat. Photo: D.Y

Since August, Mr. Nguyen Van Dien has prepared the barn, disinfected and sterilized the pathogens. Then, he chose a place to provide quality chicken breeds to raise in a semi-wild model, free-range in the garden. Unlike meat chickens, the roosters for worship are the sugar cane chicken breed or also known as chip chickens with the advantages of beautiful feathers, yellow legs, red and large combs... suitable for the traditional criteria for choosing worship chickens of the people.

To have a healthy, beautiful flock of chickens, Mr. Dien fully vaccinates them and applies measures to prevent enteritis and flu. And the chickens are supplemented with foods such as vegetables, rice, and bran to make the meat firm and delicious.

"Each batch lasts 3-4 months and costs about 1,000 bags of bran to feed 3,000 roosters, along with some other expenses, the total capital is about 300 - 400 million VND. With a wholesale price of about 90 thousand VND/kg, the profit is more than 100 million VND for raising roosters for worship" - Mr. Nguyen Van Dien said.

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When the rooster reaches a weight of over 2kg, it can be sold for about 90,000 VND/kg. Photo: D.Y

Similarly, Mr. Nguyen Van Quang (Dai Quy village, Tam Loc) also raises 1,000 worshiping roosters. Mr. Quang said that in the past 2 years, worshiping roosters during Tet have always been purchased by traders from Da Nang, so farmers only need to focus on taking care of the chickens so that they are beautiful, meet quality standards and are disease-free, then they will be more profitable than raising meat chickens. Up to now, Mr. Quang's flock of chickens can be sold when each rooster reaches a weight of about 2 - 2.5 kg.

"Raising chickens for offerings is more difficult than raising meat chickens because all the breeding stock must be roosters, so fighting often occurs, damaging the feathers and combs. Therefore, the coop area must be arranged properly, with food and water always available to limit roosters from fighting each other.

At the same time, farmers must control diseases, take better care and provide a suitable nutritional regimen for raising chickens for worship. If the selling price does not change, these 2 tons of worshiping roosters will help my family earn about 50 million VND" - Mr. Quang said.

^{[VIDEO] - Mr. Nguyen Van Quang shares about raising chickens for worship to serve the Tet market:}

According to Mr. Nguyen Van Lanh - Vice Chairman of the Farmers' Association of Tam Loc commune, the strength of the locality is that it has many farms that have raised chickens for a long time. In recent years, when the market for roosters for worship during Tet increased sharply, some farmers boldly experimented with model conversion. Up to now, there are nearly 10 households in the whole commune raising roosters for worship during Tet with a flock of more than 22 thousand chickens.

"From the available advantages, the farmer members quickly seized the opportunity and created a model of raising roosters for Tet offerings with high economic efficiency. Therefore, after Tet, the Commune Farmers' Association will survey and evaluate the effectiveness of this model to replicate it in the commune" - Mr. Nguyen Van Lanh informed.

Source: https://baoquangnam.vn/nong-nghiep-nong-thon/hieu-qua-mo-hinh-nuoi-ga-trong-cung-phuc-vu-thi-truong-tet-154909.html