Former India captain MS Dhoni is going to enter the poultry business after organic farming in Ranchi. Dhoni's farm in his hometown has ordered 2000 Kadaknath chicks from Jhabua, Madhya Pradesh.
Vinod Medha, a farmer from Thandla block of Jhabua district, will be supplying 2000 Black Chicken chicks to Dhoni's team in Ranchi before December 15. Mehta is proud to supply Kadaknath chicks to the former India cricketer.
"Three months ago, Dhoni’s farm managers got in touch with me through the Krishi Vikas Kendra (KVK) and MP Kadaknath mobile phone app. Five days ago, I got the order for 2000 chicks, which I've to deliver in Ranchi by December 15. The advance payment for the 2000 chicks has already been credited in my account by the team managing Dhoni's farm. I'm proud to be supplying Kadaknath chicks to the farm of one of the most famous cricketers of the country," Vinod said on Wednesday.
Dr. Chandan Kumar, the scientist-in-charge of the Kadaknath chicken wing in the Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK-Jhabua), confirmed the news to The New Indian Express.
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"Kunal Gaurav, who manages MS Dhoni's farm in Ranchi, got in touch with experts of Ranchi Veterinary College a few months back for getting Kadaknath chicks. Since I'm an alumnus of the same college, the experts at Ranchi Veterinary College got in touch with me."
After finding out that the associated Kadaknath farmers in the Jhabua district have already got the number of required orders, the KVK-Jhabua had to connect to more farmers for Dhoni.
"Then we searched for more Kadakanth farmers and finally managed to connect a farmer Vinod Medha with MS Dhoni's team and experts and alumni of Ranchi Veterinary College, associated with the famous cricketer," Dr. Kumar said.
KVK-Jhabua head Dr. IS Tomar said Kadaknath is among the finest chicken varieties. "This chicken variety is believed to possess inherent medicinal properties with high protein and low cholesterol and fat content when compared to other chicken varieties."
In an old video posted by Dhoni on his Facebook page, the cricketer had said that he was learning organic farming of watermelon in Ranchi followed by papaya in 20 days. He was spotted doing farming during the lockdown.
(With The New Indian Express Inputs)
