giriraja, vanaraja, krishibro, gramapriya, swarnadhara

1. Dr.Gurram Srinivas,
Assistant Professor
Department of Poultry Science,
College of Veterinary Science,
Korutla, Karimnagar, 505326
Telangana, India
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2. New colored feathered birds developed
for meat and egg production for rural
poultry
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3. DEFINITION:
• Rearing of poultry in small numbers in the
backyards under free range or semi-intensive
system having either crossbred/commercial
birds.
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4. Introduction
• Percapita consumption in urban – 80-120 eggs
- 2.5-3.5 kg chicken
whereas in rural 5-10 eggs & 750 gm chicken.
• Further, these poultry products are expensive
rural areas due to non availabilty.
• Rural people consume rice, which is rich in
energy and low in protein.
• Protein malnutrition of rural people
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5. The special features of these native breeds are:
• Well adapted to traditional backyard farming
• Low or no inputs and survive well on scavenging and
leftover feed
• better resistance to diseases
• Thrive well in harsh conditions and from predation
• Good mothering ability
• Adaptive advantages of coloured plumage, smaller body
size, alertness and fighting qualities
• Tastier meat when compared to broilers.
• Supplementary source of income to the rural poor and
contribution to family nutrition
• In spite of the above advantages the major limiting
factors are:
• • Low egg production and
• • Slower growth rates
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6. GIRIRAJA
•First backyard variety.
•Karnataka veterinary Uni
•It is a polycross, resemble local fowls in
plumage color and pattern
•released in1989.
•Easily acclimatize to varied agro climatic
regions
•more tolerant to many diseases
•Adapted well to scavenging conditions
•Very popular all over the country and also
abroad
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7. Giriraja
 White Plymouth Rock x Red Cornish x New
Hampshire
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8. SWARNADHARA
 15-20 eggs more eggs than
Giriraja chicken.
 Compared to Giriraja breed,
Swarnadhara breed are smaller in
size with a lighter body weight,
which makes them easier to
escape attacks from predators
such as jungle cats and foxes
 reared for its eggs and meat.
 It attains maturity - 22-23rd
week.
 Hens 3 kg and the cocks 4 kg.
 180-190 eggs in a year.Dr.Gurram Srinivas

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10. VANARAJA
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13.  Suitable bird for backyard farming in rural and tribal
areas
 DPR (Directorate of Poultry Research), HYD
 It is a multi-coloured dual purpose bird with attractive
plumage.
 It has better immune status against common poultry
diseases.
 Vanaraja males attain moderate body weight at 8 weeks
of age under regular feeding system
 lays 160-180 eggs
 Due to their relatively light weight and long shanks,
these birds are capable to protect themselves from
predators.
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17. MALE
FEMALE
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18. GRAMAPRIYA
Gramapriya is a multi-coloured egg purpose
chicken.
 Egg type
This bird lays more number of eggs than native
chickens
eggs are tinted brown in colour and heavier than
native chicken eggs.
This bird has better adaptability to adverse
conditions and better immunocompetence.
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19. KRISHIBRO
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20. KRISHIBRO
• Developed by the DPR (Directorate of Poultry
Research), Hydereabad.
• MEAT TYPE
• Attain body weight by 6 weeks of age with less
than 2.2 feed conversion ratio.
• These birds have attractive colour plumage and
are well adapted to tropical weather conditions.
• highly resistance against the common poultry
diseases like Ranikhet and Infectious bursal
disease. Dr.Gurram Srinivas

21. Srinidhi – A new promising dual-
purpose variety for rural poultry
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22. Rajasri
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23. Breeds used
 WLH
 RIR
 D.Red
 Desi cock
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24. 4-Breed cross (50% local inheritance)
4-Breed female back
crosses
Back cross with D.Red Back cross with RIR
(25% Desi inheritance)
(25% Desi inheritance)
3-Breed  x Desi Cock
2- Breed cross(F1) x D.Red cock
RIR X WLH
Crosses so far developed:
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25. Dual purpose
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26. NANDANAM CHICKEN developed at
TANUVAS Dr.Gurram Srinivas

27. CARI NIRBHEEK (Aseel Cross)
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28. CARI SHYAMA (Kadakanath Cross)Dr.Gurram Srinivas

29. HITCARI (NAKED NECK CROSS)Dr.Gurram Srinivas

30. UPCARI (Frizzle Cross)
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31. CARI PRIYA LAYER
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32. CARIBRO-VISHAL (CARIBRO-91)
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33. Advantages of Rural Poultry
 low investment, Maintenance cost& risk.
 Needs minimum care
 Eco-friendly
 hardy to diseases
 Thrive well in harsh conditions
 Survive well from predation
 Efficiently utilizes local resources (kitchen waste)
 Blends with the prevailing social structure
and local farming
 Provides nutritional security for the
household.
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34.  Easily be integrated with other Agriculture,
aqua & livestock farms.
Income generating activity
Provides economic empowerment to
village women.
Serves as an efficient waste disposal system
Can improve rural livelihood.
 Pest control & weed clearance
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35. Constraints:Several constraints
that slow down
• Low quality feed
 Poor marketing system
 High disease incidence
 Weak extension services
 Low productivity of country chicken
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36. • Low quality feed:
 Perform better with supplementary feed.
 Semi-intense units should have access to a well balanced
diet.
 Feed to be formulated with locally available materials.
 Mini size feed mills should be encouraged.
 Knowledge of feed formulation should be desseminated.
 Sub-optimal performance is atrributed to lack of feed
by extension service.
 Polluted water.
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37. High disease resistance:
• Vaccination against RD, Fowl pox, MD
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38. Poor marketing system:
Middle man dominate the rural marketing
denying the benefit to the farmer.
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39. Weak extension services
• Most of the failures are due to:
Lack of knowledge
Lack of experience
In sufficient exposure to poultry rearing
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40. • Providing extension services including
management, vaccination, disease
diagnosis, market information,
supplementary feed.
* Training programs at village level
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