| Feed type | Name of local states (%) | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ekiti | Lagos | Ogun | Ondo | Oyo | ||
| Whole grains | 1 ( 2.0) | 1 ( 0.4) | ||||
| Compounded feed | 44 (97.9) | 48 (100.0) | 41 (91.1) | 46 (92.0) | 48 (96.0) | 229 (95.4) |
| Spent grain | 1 ( 2.1) | 1 ( 2.2) | 2 ( 4.0) | 1 ( 2.0) | 5 ( 2.1) | |
| Compounded ration/spent grain | 1 ( 2.0) | 1 ( 2.0) | 2 ( 0.8) | |||
| Compounded ration/kitchen waste/spent grain | 3 ( 6.7) | 3 ( 1.3) | ||||
| Number of feeding regimes | ||||||
| Once | 1 ( 2.0) | 1 ( 0.4) | ||||
| Twice | 34 (75.6) | 45 ( 93.8) | 37 (82.2) | 30 (60.0) | 32 (64.0) | 178 (74.8) |
| Thrice | 11 (24.4) | 3 ( 6.2) | 8 (17.8) | 19 (38.0) | 18 (36.0) | 59 (24.8) |
| Period of feeding | ||||||
| Morning | 1 ( 2.0) | 1 ( 0.4) | ||||
| Morning/afternoon | 5 (10.6) | 6 ( 12.5) | 13 (28.9) | 7 (14.0) | 17 (34.0) | 48 (20.0) |
| Morning/evening | 28 (59.6) | 39 ( 81.3) | 24 (53.3) | 22 (44.0) | 14 (28.0) | 127 (52.9) |
| Morning/afternoon/evening | 14 (29.8) | 3 ( 6.3) | 8 (17.8) | 20 (40.0) | 19 (38.0) | 64 (26.7) |
| Period for serving chicken with water | ||||||
| Before feeding | 3 ( 7.7) | 6 ( 15.4) | 2 ( 5.1) | 3 ( 6.3) | 2 ( 5.1) | 16 ( 7.4) |
| After feed | 4 (10.3) | 11 ( 26.2) | 12 (30.0) | 10 (20.8) | 15 (30.0) | 52 (24.2) |
| Together with feed | 27 (69.2) | 21 ( 53.9) | 23 (59.0) | 27 (56.3) | 27 (54.0) | 125 (58.1) |
| Routinely in the morning | 5 (12.8) | 1 ( 2.6) | 2 ( 5.1) | 8 (16.7) | 6 (12.0) | 22 (10.2) |