Table 1 Management pattern and housing systems used by farmers for chicken production

Management system Name of local states (%) Total
Ekiti Lagos Ogun Ondo Oyo
 Intensive 43 (97.7) 40 (95.2) 32 (76.2) 38 (86.4) 41 (83.7) 194 (87.8)
 Semi intensive 2 ( 4.8) 8 (19.1) 4 ( 9.1) 3 ( 6.1) 17 ( 7.7)
 Extensive 1 ( 2.3) 2 ( 4.8) 2 ( 4.6) 5 (10.2) 10 ( 4.5)
Housing system
 Deep litter system 24 (65.6) 9 (32.1) 15 (33.5) 20 (55.6) 18 (46.2) 86 (48.6)
 Battery cage 10 (28.6) 19 (67.9) 22 (56.4) 12 (33.3) 16 (41.0) 79 (44.6)
 Wooden boxes 1 ( 2.9) 2 ( 5.1) 1 ( 2.8) 1 ( 2.6) 5 ( 2.8)
 Woven hutches 3 ( 8.3) 4 (10.3) 7 ( 4.0)
In the manage system, “intensive” means that chicken was raised fully in confined house or cages. Also “Semi intensive” is that chicken are confined to a certain area with access to shelter. The “extensive” infers under free-rage or scavenging conditions or may having rudimentary shelters. In housing system, “deep litter system” use fully confined with floor space allowance of 3 to 4 birds/m2 within a house, but can move around freely. The “battery cage” adopted by commercial egg layer industry means that chicken were kept through out their life in cages.