A study on egg quality and hatching traits of indigenous and exotic chickens reared in Silte zone, Southern Ethiopia

Performance and egg quality traits of local chickens across different agroecologies in the Kewot district, North Shewa zone, Northern Ethiopia

“…This suggests regional variability in egg width, potentially influenced by environmental or management factors warranting further investigation. The egg shape indices in our study (72.43-75.12%) fall comfortably within the normal range, consistently demonstrating the characteristically oval-shaped eggs for LCs across all three agroecological zones ( Assefa et al, 2023 ).…”