An economic comparison of performance and profitability between two meat types birds: Brown cockerel and Sonali

Abstract

The study was conducted to compare the production and profitability of Brown
cockerel and Sonali for meat purposes. A total of 42 poultry farms from Savar Upazilla in Dhaka district were randomly selected for the study. The data were collected from a structured questionnaire about these two types of birds at eight weeks of age. The finding of the study revealed that the FCR of Brown cockerel (2.49±0.024) was significantly lower than Sonali (2.77±0.101). The production cost per bird was found almost similar between Brown cockerel and Sonali. But the total return was significantly higher (p<0.05) in Brown cockerel compared to Sonali. Benefit cost ratio was also higher in Brown cockerel (1.22) than Sonali (1.10) in the study area.