Gramapriya Explained

Gramapriya is a breed of chicken developed by the Project Directorate on Poultry based in Hyderabad, .^[1] The Gramapriya starts laying eggs at an age of 175 days. In 72 weeks a Gramapriya chicken can lay 200–225.^{[2] [3]}

Gramapriya is a crossbred chicken developed by the Indian Government through a Hyderabad-based project under an All India Co-ordinated Research Project. Gramapriya chickens have been developed for backyard rearing. They have a high favourability rating among farmers in India.

Gramapriya chicken are best suited to preparation of TANDOORI&Grill type dishes.

There are two varieties of Gramapriya:

• White variety:- Good egg producer
• Coloured variety:- Dual purpose. Egg number is less than white variety->Promising features of Gramapriya are: =>Multi color feather pattern. =>Longer shanks. =>Lower predator threat. =>Moderate in body weight. =>Better egg production. =>Produce brown shell eggs.

See also

• List of chicken breeds

External links

• Project Directorate on Poultry

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Notes and References

1. Web site: ഗ്രാമപ്രിയക്കും വനരാജനും പിന്നാലെ ഇനി കാവേരി കോഴികളും | mangalam.com . https://archive.today/20130128132229/http://test.mangalam.com/content/%E0%B4%97%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%82-%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%9C%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%82-%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%86-%E0%B4%87%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%BF-%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B5%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BF-%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B4%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%B3%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%82-1 . dead . 2013-01-28 . Test.mangalam.com . 8 July 2012 . 17 November 2012.
2. Web site: വിവിധ ഇനം കോഴികൾ . Farmextensionmanager.com . 17 November 2012 . 11 October 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101011083322/http://farmextensionmanager.com/Malayalam/Veterinary%20guide/Chicken/breeds.html . dead .
3. Web site: Gramapriya: An egg producer in rural backyards . 2 October 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402152905/http://www.pdonpoultry.org/pdpnew/images/extfiles/reports/gramapriya.pdf . Project Directorate on Poultry . April 2, 2015 .