CONSTRAINTS TO SUSTAINABLE LAYERS PRODUCTION IN SHIKAN LOCALITY, SUDAN

This study was conducted between November 2020 and February 2021 to find out the impact of obstacles to raising layer chicken. The study relied on two types of sources, which is preliminary information collected using a questionnaire for a group of farms in Elobied city using a random sample of 20 farms. Secondary information from previous studies references bulletins and reports, to obtain the results of the research and achieve the study objectives. The SPSS statistical program was used for analyzing the obtained data in form of frequency tables and percentage. The results were concluded that 100% of the breeders raised chickens at the production age (four months). The effect of climate on chickens and methods of mitigations were impact by springs with water a forestation, and tarpaulins. It has become clear that the cages system was the most used breeding system. The most problems facing most of targeted chicken farms was the high price of feeding. Based on the results, the study concluded raising poultry must be applicable on cages which were suitable with the hot weather in tropical and sub tropical zones. Also a financing program for productive families will help in manage the high prices of poultry feeding stuffs. Poultry infectious diseases must be controlled by providing a curative prevention of viral, worms and external parasites.