Insights of improved backyard poultry farming in India with special reference to hilly regions: A review

Singh, Amit Kumar; Debbarma, Asish; Baishya, Anusmita; Sarkar, Debajyoti; Mohanta, Kiran; Anil, Anil

doi:10.5455/ijlr.20201105063616

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“…Plumage colour: Majority (25.3%) of the birds had multicolour plumage colour in the study area followed by red, brown, red brown, white and black plumage with 18.0, 16.0, 14.7, 13.3 and 12.7 percent, respectively. The findings were in agreement with the findings of Singh and Singh (2004) [10] , Tantia et al (2005b) [12] , Vijh et al (2005b) [13] , Gopinath (2013) [6] and Sudhir (2021) [11] who reported that majority of birds showed multicolour, followed by grey, white and black.…”

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Quantitative and qualitative characteristics of backyard poultry in Bidar district of Karnataka

Kumar,

Patil,

Waghmare

et al. 2024

Int. J. Agric. Extension Social Dev.

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The study was carried out to characterize the quantitative and qualitative characteristics of backyard adult birds in Bidar district of Karnataka state. A multistage stratified random sampling was adopted to select 150 backyard poultry farmers from 30 villages in 3 selected talukas of Bidar district. The quantitative characters and qualitative characters were recorded during research study. The overall average body weight, shank thickness, height, wing length and shank length of adult birds was found to be 2.010±0.026 kg, 11.02±0.189 mm, 55.62±0.410 cm, 25.41±0.238 cm and 10.85±0.125 cm, respectively. Majority of birds had multicolour plumage (25.3%), yellow shank colour (54.7%), of the birds showed single type comb (94.2%), and red coloured ear lobe (85.4%). This study revealed distinctive variations among the birds of different talukas in Bidar district, providing the basis for further characterization of these native birds.

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confidence: 91%