An examination of poultry distribution and survival under village conditions

Abstract

In 1964 the Department of Agriculture, Stock and Fisheries commenced a poultry distribution scheme in an effort to improve the quality of village poultry and to stimulate interest in poultry as a cash crop. This scheme centred around the distribution of dual purpose Rhode Island Red chickens at 8 weeks of age. Day-old chickens were imported and reared to distribution age at one of the four rearing centres at Port Moresby, Lae, Goroka and Rabaul. The scheme was described by J. L. Anderson in the "South Pacific Bulletin”, Second Quarter, 1970.