'Badhiya' is changing lives: Low investment, good income

There is demand for castrated roosters produced in Dang from Pokhara to Kathmandu.

Magh 13, 2082

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'Badhiya' is changing lives: Low investment, good income

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Janaki Chaudhary of Badhara, Ghorahi Sub-Metropolitan City-13, is a resident of Badhara. Her daily life is spent caring for and looking after the roosters. She says that she is also earning a good income from selling the roosters.

"After removing the testicles of a local chicken, the rooster becomes a castrated rooster," she said. "After learning this skill, I started this method myself and started making castrated roosters." She says that the search for castrated rooster meat is becoming widespread because it is more delicious.

Farmer Chaudhary, who has been raising castrated roosters commercially for eight years, plans to increase it in the coming days. He said that a rooster costs more than 3,000. Castrated roosters usually weigh two to two and a half kilograms.

He said that he does an annual turnover of four to six lakh rupees from this business and has been saving half of the amount by using household expenses. He buys and raises small roosters. For this, he contacts local farmers who raise local chickens. The roosters purchased in this way are castrated after about four months.

He said that it is easy to raise castrated roosters in villages with open spaces, even if there is little land. This has become an attractive business because it can be done easily and with low investment. Janaki, who has been doing the business by registering the Dangali Poultry Farm, has also received support from her husband. 

'The commercial rearing of castrated roosters has also been generating good income, so we have been continuing it for a long time,' she said, 'It has become easier recently since we do all the work ourselves, and there is no problem for sale.' There is more demand for castrated roosters during festivals than before.

'You can get double the price by raising small chicks, castrating them and selling them,' she said, 'Since starting this business, I have not had to look for other work to earn income.' The castrated roosters produced from here have reached Kathmandu, Pokhara and other places.

Not only Janaki, but most of the farmers in the district are active in castrated rooster rearing. Since the demand in the market is high and the price is adequate, castrated roosters have become the main identity of Dang in the last few years.

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