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Assessment of Egg quality and Economic Traits of Kadaknath Chicken under Deep Litter System

Author: Asma Khan, Anmol Pareek, Biswajit Brahma and Dipanjali Konwar

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Abstract

The present study was conducted to analyze internal and external egg quality traits as well as economic traits of Kadaknath chicken at Jammu. The birds were reared in a deep litter system upto 62 weeks of age. The body weight, shank length, middle toe length, and radius length were measured sex wise at different ages. The internal egg qualities were measured at 28, 32, 40, 52 and 62 week of age. Body weight at 52 weeks of age was 1.69±0.13 kg in male and 1.34±0.02 kg in female. The shank length, radius length and middle toe length in males and females were 95.40±0.24 mm, 91.19±0.23 mm, 54.84±0.13 and75.01±0.11mm, 69.16±0.08 mm, 46.50±0.06 mm respectively. The egg weight of Kadaknath at 28 week age was 39.43±0.46 gm and at 62 week age was 46.93±1.30 gm. The albumen index was maximum 0.11±0.004 at 32 week age while minimum 0.079±0.009 at 52 week age. The yolk index was minimum 0.39±0.005 at 52 week of age and maximum 0.41±0.005 at 28 week of age. The shell thickness of Kadaknath egg was ranging from 0.34±0.01 mm to 0.41±0.01 mm. The shell % was ranging from 11.60±1.08 to 13.29±0.43. The yolk to albumen ratio was minimum 0.49±0.03 at 28 week of age and maximum 0.75±0.04 at 62 week of age

Keywords

Kadaknath, Internal Egg Quality, External Egg Quality, Economic trait.

Conclusion

In conclusion it can be said that Kadaknath breed is suitable for rearing in Jammu region and can help to generate additional family income for poor and marginal farmers if reared in intensive system (deep litter system). Since there is very limited research carried out on Kadaknath, it leaves a vast scope to explore the production potential in different terrains and production systems

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How to cite this article

Asma Khan, Anmol Pareek, Biswajit Brahma and Dipanjali Konwar (2024). Assessment of Egg quality and Economic Traits of Kadaknath Chicken under Deep Litter System. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 16(4): 28-32.