Broiler Bird Production Skills Needed by Agricultural Education Graduates for Entrepreneurship in South-East, Nigeria

The general objective of this study was to evolve broiler bird production skills needed by Agricultural education graduates for entrepreneurship in South-East, Nigeria. Specifically, it determined skillsrequired by Agricultural education graduates in broiler bird’s production for management of housing, feeding, and health. Survey design was employed for the study. Population was made up of 45 agricultural education lecturers and 3,300 poultry farmers. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire. Data were analyed using mean, standard deviation, and t-test at 0.05 level of significance. Results include 10 skills needed by agricultural education graduates for broiler housing management. These include ability to: set broiler house for different stages of growth (X̅=3.45); regulate temperature withn the broiler house (X̅=3.23) and others. There were no significant differences in the means of Agricultural education lecturers and farmers for all 10 skills at 0.05 evel of significant. Also 11 broiler feeding management skill were identified, including among others, ability to understand nutritional requirement of broilers at different stages of growth (X̅=3.52). Others findings are 11 brioler health management skills, including ability to monitor bird health and behaviour (X̅=3.34), and others. Four recommentions were made based on the findings.