CHARACTERIZATION AND PERFORMANCE OF NATIVE CHICKEN OF KARNATAKA

The present book is prepared out of the Ph.D research work on A study on characterization and performance of indigenous chicken from four Districts of Bengaluru Division of Karnataka State viz Tumakuru, Chitradurga, Shivamogga and Davanagere. Survey results revealed that the average flock size, marketing age, egg production per year, hatchability and fertility per cent were 19.77, 9.02 months, 53.76, 56.9 and 44.78, respectively. Morphological characteristics of indigenous chicken revealed that the highest per cent of plumage color and pattern was multicolor (38.34 %) and patchy pattern. The predominant skin and shank colour observed was yellow, eye colour was brown and majority of the birds had wattles under field and farm conditions in Bengaluru division.