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The objectives of the study were to evaluate and compare the growth performance (body weight, BWT, and body weight gain, BWG), feed intake (FI) and feed:gain (F:G) of G 1 and G 2 generations of inbred Nigerian indigenous chickens (NIC). A total of 500 chicks (250/generation) were used for the study. The G 1 birds were produced from sire families established from a base population of random breeding NIC whereas the G 2 birds were progenies of half and full sib matings involving the G 1 population. Result showed significant (P˂ 0.05) sire and line effects for BWT in G 1 and G 2 generations, respectively. Feed intake did not vary much between sire groups (G 1 generation) but varied without a definite trend between sire lines in G 2 generation. Differences between sire group and their progenies were non-significant in most of the parameters except for

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