The feeding practices and socio-economic characteristics of small ruminant farms in the periurban area of Bouaké were analyzed through a field survey of breeders. Over a period of 45 days, this survey was carried out on sheep and goat farms within a radius of around twenty km from the city center. It involved 26 goat breeders and 78 sheep breeders. The results obtained indicate that 84.6% of goat breeders are Muslims compared to 15.4% Christians and their main activity is breeding with 46% and 23% for commerce. In sheep farms, similarly, 97.4% of breeders are Muslim compared to 2.6% Christian and their main activity is dominated equally between breeding and commerce with 34 and 35% respectively. Production costs for males ready for sale vary from 17,450 FCFA to 45,245 FCFA depending on the breed and species. As for the selling price of animals, it essentially depends on the breed, age and sex, and varies from 20,000 FCFA to 600,000 FCFA. For feeding, natural pasture is the most used with 92.3% for goats and 53.8% for sheep. Goat breeders don’t practice fattening, however 41% of sheep breeders do. Breeders use crop residues for 61.5% and 97.4%, for goats and sheep respectively to compensate for the grazing deficit. Production costs for males ready for sale vary from 17,450 FCFA to 45,245 FCFA depending on the breed and species. As for the selling price of animals, it essentially depends on the breed, age and sex, and varies from 20,000 FCFA to 600,000 FCFA.