The present study was conducted on 160 pullets of native fowl of Garhwal Himalayas. The least square means and heritability were computed to evaluate the performance of production traits. The average weight at sexual maturity, age at sexual maturity, annual egg production and egg weight were found to be 1396.50±19.20 g, 176.20±2.76 days, 168.20±6.27 eggs and 36.80±0.60 g, respectively. The heritability estimates of corresponding traits based on sire component of variance were 0.33±0.12, 0.22±0.10, 0.19±0.08 and 0.12±0.10, respectively. The genetic and phenotypic correlations between age at sexual maturity and egg production were highly negative and significant, while the correlations among other traits were significantly positive.
Native fowl, genetic parameter
