Journal of Krishi Vigyan

In the present study, a total of four different poultry breeds such as Vanaraja, RIR, Black Rock and Pallishree were evaluated for its suitability under rural backyard poultry rearing system. Out of these four, two breeds were dual purpose (Vanraja and RIR) and two were colour synthetic broiler breed (Black Rock and Pallishree). It was evident that the colour synthetic broiler variety Palishree birds attained the highest body weight of 3.09 kg in 16 wk period compared to that of other breeds, however the egg production potential was found to be highest in case of RIR breed i.e. 194 eggs/bird/yr and Vanaraja birds were performed well as dual purpose breed. Hence, it may be concluded that Rhode Island Red birds were best suited under the local agro-climatic condition for better egg production, Vanaraja birds serve better as a dual purpose and Pallishree birds for meat purpose. The backyard poultry system with improved birds provides a solution to food security to the rural masses thus, paving a way for sustainable livestock production.