Production performance of indigenous chicken in intensive farming system
2013
Jha, Dilip K | Prasad, Sushil | Soren, S.K. | Bharti, A.
The present study was conducted to evaluate the production performance of indigenous chicken maintained under AICRP on Poultry breeding at Ranchi Veterinary College, Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi (Jharkhand). The evaluation of body weight, feed intake, feed conversion ratio, age at sexual maturity, egg production rate and internal egg quality trait such as shell thickness, albumin index and shape index was done. Hazra birds had significantly higher body weight, higher feed intake, better FCR, better egg production rate, early sexual maturity and higher egg mass than Aseel and Kadaknath birds. The study concluded that Hazra birds perform better than other two birds of Jharkhand under same management and rearing conditions.
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