Assessment of Productive and Reproductive Traits of Kamarupa Bird under Field Condition
Asem Ameeta Devi *
ICAR KVK Chandel, ICAR Manipur Centre, India.
Soibam Sinyorita
ICAR KVK Tamenglong, ICAR Manipur Centre, India.
Hemant Kumar
College of Veterinary and Animal Science, Kishanganj, Bihar, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Chandel conducted demonstrations on rearing Kamrupa birds under intensive system of rearing conditions in KVK demonstration farm as well as at Farmers field. The birds performed well in farmers field condition undersemi intensive system of rearing, with an average body weight gain was found to be 2150 g at the end of 6 month of age in male bird whereas it was 1685g for female Kamrupa bird whereas body weight of local bird were recorded as to be 1492g and 1297g respectively in male and female bird respectively. Similarly, age at 1st laying egg for Kamrupa birds was 172 day where as it was 208 day for local poultry bird. Average egg production was found To Be 148 eggs/bird /year for Kamrupa and only 78 eggs/bird /year for local poultry under intensive system. Evaluating the growth and reproductive efficiency of such birds is essential to determine their productivity potential under field conditions.
Keywords: Backyard, Bird, growth, Kamarupa, performance, poultry