Crops
How to Deal With Duck Plague
Duck plague is a deadly contagious disease of ducks that can be prevented by vaccination, as it has no specific cure.
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Bird Rearing
Crops
How to Look After a Poultry Farm in Winter
Poultry farms need special care in winter to keep chicks warm without cutting off fresh air, from jute curtains to week-by-week brooding temperatures.
Agribusiness
Magura's Pigeon Traders Hit by Covid
Fancy pigeon traders in Magura have suffered financial losses because of the coronavirus situation.
Environment
The Waterhen, a Bird of the Wetlands, Is Becoming Endangered
The waterhen, once a common sight and sound in Moulvibazar's wetlands, is vanishing as its habitat shrinks and hunters target it.
Environment
Bird Nests Set Up at More Than a Hundred Sites in Narail
A student voluntary organisation has begun placing clay bird nests at more than a hundred sites in Narail to give birds safe places to breed.
Livestock
Saidul Succeeds With Deshi Chicken Farm
A cloth trader in Nabinagar, Brahmanbaria, who lost business in the Covid lockdowns now raises about 1,000 deshi chickens and can earn about Tk 50,000 a month.
Livestock
Pigeons in Clay Pots Still a Livelihood in Nachole
In several villages of Nachole in Chapainawabganj, hobbyists still rear pigeons in clay pots hung from their eaves, and some now run their households on the sale of squabs.
Livestock
Teacher Biplob's Pigeon Hobby
Kaliganj schoolteacher Md Biplob Hossain, who began keeping pigeons as a schoolboy, now keeps about 100 pairs of some 10 breeds on his rooftop and urges unemployed young people to take up pigeon rearing.
Environment
Five Orchard Owners Paid Rent for Bird Nests
Five orchard owners in Bagha upazila of Rajshahi have received cheques worth Tk 3,13,000 as compensation, or rent, for the birds nesting in their mango trees.
Environment
Parrot Chicks Stolen From 50-Foot Tree, SP Arranges Their Recovery
Police in Pabna recovered two parakeet chicks stolen from a nest in a dead coconut tree after the homeowner sent a message to the district police superintendent.
LivestockGono Bishwabidyalay student earns Tk 20,000 a month from a quail farm in Shibpur
With his campus shut by the coronavirus pandemic, Md Sakikul Islam Nadim, a fourth-year veterinary student at Gono Bishwabidyalay, set up a quail farm at home in Shibpur, Narsingdi, in August 2020; in January 2021 he said it earned him about Tk 20,000 a month after costs.
Livestock
Four Ostrich Chicks Hatch in an Incubator at Bangabandhu Safari Park
Four ostrich chicks hatched in an incubator between 5 and 7 January at Bangabandhu Safari Park in Gazipur, and more eggs are still incubating.
Environment
They Have Been Making Nests for Birds for Six Years
A youth group from Baiguni village in Gaibandha's Gobindaganj has spent six years hanging clay-pot nests for native birds and doing social work.