UNITED SIKHS LIVELIHOOD PROJECT
CHICKEN FARMING PILOT PROJECT. NAVALLADY, BATTICALOA,
Navallady. The tsunami survivors from Navallady are currently housed on 3 sites namely
PROJECT
To provide
sustainable livelihood means for the most vulnerable survivors of the Tsunami.
The pilot project will entail setting up small scale chicken rearing farms. The
families will be provided with 20 egg
laying chicks (layers) and 20 meat producing chicks (broilers), 2 suitable coups,
watering containers, feeders, necessary training conducted by a Veterinarian,
medicines and inoculations for the chicks.
It is hoped
that the project will help the families to start up a sustainable income source
that could become self funding over the longer term.
For longer
term development of the small farms we have enlisted the help of Foundation for
Co-Existence (FCE), a Sri Lankan NGO, who have kindly
agreed to monitor the progress of the recipients and provide the necessary
support for the continued success of these farms. We will procure and supply
the necessary start up material and FCE will take over after delivery.
RECEIPENT
SELECTION CRITERIA
For the
purposes of this pilot project we have identified 12 single mother family
units where the husband is no longer present either due to death
before or during the Tsunami or separation and reside in Navallady
on a permanent basis. To achieve this we interviewed all the families in Navallady and crossed checked our findings with information
provided by FCE. This selection criterion identified 10 suitable recipients and
as such this pilot project has been restricted to 10 units.
VIABILITY
Though a
thorough financial return study was not carried for this project our basic
research indicated that consumers for the produce were available at Navallady itself though if the project was to be expanded a
new market for the produce will need to be found. The broilers would be ready
for the market in 45 days and as it is widely understood that the Government
would be withdrawing their financial support to the survivors in about 2
months. The income from selling the broilers would be very timely. The
recipients would be able to sell their broilers and use some of the income to
replenish their stock. The layers will begin to produce eggs and a daily income
source after 5 months. .
The costing
shown below is based on supplying 12 families with small scale farms with 40
chicks comprising 20 layers and 20 broilers.
Broilers
Coups (5’ x 6’)
12 units @ RS6000/=
Wood frame
with wire mesh and corrugated single pitch zinc roof RS
72,000/
Chicks 240@
RS49/=
RS 11,760/
Small
Drinkers 1litre 24 @ RS 55/= RS 1,320/
Large
Drinkers 4 litre 24 @ RS140/=
RS 3,360/
Feeders 3kg
24 @ RS165/=
RS 3,960/
Feed
Starter
40kg per unit x 12 @RS42/= per kg (day
01 to day 24) RS 20,160/
Finisher
40kg per unit x 12 @RS40.4/= per kg (day 25 to day 44) RS
19,392/
Vaccines
including supply and application by the Vet RS 2,880/
Layers
Coups (5’ x 7’) 12 units @ RS 7000/=
Wood frame
with wire mesh and double pitch corrugated zinc roof RS
84,000/
Chicks 240
@ RS60/=
RS 14,400/
Small
drinkers 1litre 12 @ RS55/=
RS 660/
Large
Drinkers 4 litre 12 @ RS140/=
RS 1,680/
Large
Feeder 3kg 12 @ RS165/= RS 1,980/
Feed
Chick mash
40kg per unit x 12 @RS42/= per kg (wk 0 to wk 8) RS
20,160/
Grower mash
105kg per unit x 12 @RS62.16 per kg (wk 9 to wk 18) RS
78,322/
Layer mash
66kg per unit x 12 @ RS55 per kg (wk 19 to wk 22) RS
43,560/
Vaccines
RS 3,600/
General
Delivery of
coups to individual sites RS 5,000/
Provisional
amount for disease outbreak medicines RS 3,000/
Good
husbandry training for recipients by Dr RS 2,000/
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Total
RS 393,194/
Notes
RECIPIENTS
The
information on the recipients was collected by visiting each temporary home and
information was also obtained from Mr Kandan - the
FCE field officer for Navallady. All recipients were interviewed. The method
we employed meant that the selection criterion that was set was met. This
however caused resentment and hostility between us and some of the people of Navallady felt the criteria were wrong. We stuck to this
criterion as the men were getting nets and women who had lost their husbands
prior to the tsunami were not entitled to receive help.
TIMELINES
Meeting for
all residents of Navallady, United Sikhs and FCE to
explains the selection criteria and announce names of recipients.
Delivery of
coups, feeders, drinkers and feed commences.
Dr K S Sunmugalingham conducts good husbandry training session
with recipients.
Arrival of layer chicks from
Arrival of broiler chicks from
Delivery of
broiler finisher feed and Delivery of 2nd batch of layer chick mash
feed
Broilers
ready for sale
Delivery of
1st batch of grower mash for layers (4 weeks supply = 50 kg)
Delivery of
2nd batch of layers grower mash (5 weeks supply = 55kg)
Delivery of
Layers mash (1 months supply = 66kg)
“Murgi andeh dendhi” Layers should start laying eggs.
SUPPLIERS
Coups
supplied and delivered by Mr Gabriel Yusehdasan Tel
0094776984685
Chicks, Feed, Feeders. Drinkers supplied by J M Centre,
Veterinarian
Dr K S Sunmugalingham from Batticaloa
Government Veterinary Centre Tel 0094652222750
Funding
received from private donations collected by Katherine.
PHASE
TWO
Phase 2 of
this project to supply a further 8 families was initiated on 23 July 2005 as it
was felt that there were some families who did not meet the pilot scheme
criterion but were worthy of help. It was brought to our attention that there
were 2 orphan children who missed out on the first survey as there were at that
time living mainly at
After
lengthy discussions with the local committee members it was decided that a
village meeting would be held on the evening of 23 July and 7 new recipients
would be selected by a lottery system and the participants of the lottery would
be women who have not received much assistance from other agencies. The
selected recipients were interviewed by our team to verify their eligibility.
These recipients participated in the training programme organised for the pilot
scheme recipients hence saving the costs of a separate session.
The
delivery of phase 2 would commence
The costing
shown below is based on supplying 8 families with small scale farms with 40
chicks comprising 20 layers and 20 broilers.
Broilers
Coups (5’ x 6’)
8 units @ RS6000/=
Wood frame
with wire mesh and corrugated single pitch zinc roof RS
48,000/
Chicks 160
@ RS49/=
RS 7,840/
Small
Drinkers 1litre 16 @ RS 55/=
RS 880/
Large
Drinkers 4 litre 16 @ RS140/=
RS 2,240/
Feeders 3kg
16 @ RS165/=
RS 2,640/
Feed
Starter
40kg per unit x 8 @RS42/= per kg (day
01 to day 24) RS 13,440/
Finisher
40kg per unit x 8
@RS40.4/= per kg (day 25 to day 44) RS
12,928/
Vaccines
including supply and application by the Vet RS 1,920/
Layers
Coups (5’ x 7’) 8 units @ RS 7000/=
Wood frame
with wire mesh and double pitch corrugated zinc roof RS
56,000/
Chicks 160
@ RS60
RS 9,600/
Small
drinkers 1litre 8 @ RS55/=
RS 440/
Large
Drinkers 4 litre 8
@ RS140/= RS 1,120/
Large
Feeder 3kg 8 @ RS165/=
RS 1,320/
Feed
Chick mash
40kg per unit x 8 @RS42/= per kg (wk 0 to wk 8) RS 13,440/
Grower mash
105kg per unit x 8 @RS62.16 per kg (wk 9 to wk 18) RS
52,214/
Layer mash
66kg per unit x 8 @ RS55 per kg (wk 19 to wk 22) RS 29,040/
Vaccines
RS 2,400/
General
Delivery of
coups to individual sites
RS 4,000/
Provisional
amount for disease outbreak medicines RS 3,000/
Good
husbandry training for recipients by Dr
RS 0000/
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Total
RS 252,462/
RECIPIENTS
TIMELINES
Delivery of
coups, feeders, drinkers and feed commences.
25kg Layer
starter, 40kg Broiler starter
Arrival of Layer and Broiler chicks from
Delivery of
broiler finisher feed
Delivery of
2nd batch of layer chick mash feed (15kg)
Broilers
ready for sale
Delivery of
1st batch of grower mash for layers (4 weeks supply = 50 kg)
Delivery of
2nd batch of layers grower mash (5 weeks supply = 55kg)
Delivery of
Layers mash (1 months supply = 66kg)
Layers
should start laying eggs.
NOTE
The time
lines and costs may vary slightly due to the unreliable nature of suppliers.
We also
disbursed the following funds