Lesson 25: Vocabulary in context practice activity 2
Use the expressions to complete the following text.
Large scale commercial | Broilers | Parent stock |
table eggs | Small scale egg | layers |
Feed processing | Parent stock | slaughtering |
hatched |
The most important input in poultry production systems are day-old chicks. The production of day- old- chicks in Ethiopia requires the import of 1 __________ from which fertilized eggs can be raised and 2________ .Raising these chicks to full maturity is capital-intensive for 3__________ producers with high mortality risks. 4 __________ producers are involved in selling pullets that are closer to egg-laying age and less prone to mortality to support the small scale producers. Large scale producers provide additional services including 5__________ and 6 ________ . Some of them have their own7____________and hatchery. They rear chicks for dual purposes 8___________ are raised for around 45 days before slaughter, while 9____________ are raised for 10_____________ for 12 to 18-month.