Vol. 12, Issue 5 (2023)

Author(s):
S Mishra, S Majumder, SK Dash, L Samal, BK Mallick, DK Karna, C Mishra and AK Kundu

Abstract:
The present study was aimed at evaluating the growth and production potentiality of Vezaguda chicken, which is a lesser known chicken population in southern Odisha, reared since generations. These chickens are raised in small-holder production system, mostly by tribals under extensive system of management. The qualitative phenotypic traits like plumage color, plumage pattern, skin color, shank color, ear lobe color, comb and wattle color, eye color, type of comb and wattle, head shape, etc. and quantitative body measurement traits such as body weight at different stages, body length, body girth, keel length, shank length, shank width, breast angle, beak length, head width and height of the adult birds were studied. Attempt was also made to compare growth traits like body weight between sex and record egg production and egg quality parameters.