Vanaraja Explained

Vanaraja
Country:India
Distribution:India
Use:Dual: eggs & meat
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Femaleweight:2-
Type:Chicken

Vanaraja is a dual-purpose chicken variety developed by the ICAR-Directorate of Poultry Research (formerly Project Directorate on Poultry) in Hyderabad, India.[1] Vanaraja is aimed a rural communities[2] where it can be reared in backyard on natural, scavenged food with minimal supplementation.[3] It produces eggs and meat based on rearing and feeding practices. Important features of this breed are multi-color feather pattern, immunity to disease, perform with less nutrition, grow faster and produce more eggs, produce brown eggs like local hens.[4] [5] [6]

Vanaraja give their best performance when reared free range. They each produce up to 110 eggs per year, and weigh 2.2to at age 6 to months. Vaccination of native birds along with Vanaraja is recommended. Excess body weight may reduce egg production. Vanaraja are mainly found in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh and being supplied to 26 states of India from ICAR-DPR, Hyderabad.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Vanaraja. Directorate of Poultry Research, Indian Council of Agricultural Research. Department of Agricultural Research and Education. 25 February 2015. 25 February 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150225143720/http://www.pdonpoultry.org/pdpnew/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=94:vanaraja&catid=50:photo-gallery. dead.
  2. http://dad.fao.org/cgi-bin/EfabisWeb.cgi?sid=0b1613ebf16355cf65f6a05b9a65fe25,reportsreport8a_50004124 Breed data sheet: Vanaraja/India
  3. Web site: Backyard Poultry Farming of Vanaraja Breed: A Less Capital Enterprise - Indian Council of Agricultural Research. icar.org.in.
  4. Web site: Vanaraja. Directorate of Poultry Research, Indian Council of Agricultural Research. Department of Agricultural Research and Education. 25 February 2015.
  5. Web site: Vanaraja. Indian Council of Agricultural Research. Department of Agricultural Research and Education. 25 February 2015.
  6. Web site: Vanaraja. Indian Council of Agricultural Research. Department of Agricultural Research and Education. 25 February 2015.
  7. Web site: Vanaraja.

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