Pune: Poultry farmer approaches police as hens stop laying eggs
A poultry farmer from Maharashtra’s Pune district has approached the police claiming that hens at his farm have stopped laying eggs after consuming the feed manufactured by a selected agency, an official stated on Wednesday.
No FIR is registered as the involved producer has agreed to pay the compensation to house owners of three to 4 poultry farms who additionally confronted this situation.
‘The complainant is a poultry farm proprietor. He and at the least 4 different poultry farm house owners in his space additionally confronted the identical situation, following which he submitted a criticism to us,’ stated Rajendra Mokashi, senior police inspector, Loni Kalbhor police station.
The complainant said he had bought the poultry feed from an organization primarily based within the neighbouring Ahmednagar district of the state.
‘He talked about within the utility that after consuming that feed, hens at his farm have stopped laying eggs,’ Mokashi stated.
He stated the police consulted the block stage animal husbandry officer in Ahmednagar over this situation.
‘The official advised us that it’s a frequent phenomenon that typically a selected feed doesn’t swimsuit hens they usually stop laying eggs after consuming it,’ stated Mokashi.
Citing the official, Mokashi stated such situations of hens not laying eggs after they got a brand new feed had occurred previously.
Once hens are fed the previous feed they began laying eggs once more, he stated.
‘We additionally spoke to the involved poultry farm producer who advised us to have acquired comparable complaints in regards to the feed from another clients as effectively. The producer assured us they might take again the feed and provide the compensation to the affected farmers for his or her losses,’ Mokashi stated.
The police officer stated the complainants used to purchase poultry feed from a reputed producer primarily based in Pune, however selected the Ahmednagar-based firm as the previous elevated charges.
Demand for eggs and poultry is on the rise due to the surge in COVID-19 instances.Â
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