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International Conference on Reimagining Rainfed Agro-ecosystems: Challenges &
Opportunities during 22-24, December 2022 at ICAR-CRIDA, Hyderabad
Methodology
An On Farm Trial was conducted at seven farmers field with three treatments of poultry in two
villages – Sangbariya and Tenar of Garhwa district during the period of 2020 - 22. The
treatmentswere : T1-Farmers Practice (rearing of non-descript desi poultry bird), T2 - Divyayan
Red and T3 - Jharsim. Each treatment with 20 birds (15 days old) in 1:1 ratio of male and female
were given to farmers.The birds were let loose in the backyard where there was provision of free
scavenging during day and shelter at night. The experimental data of body weight gain, mortality
rate, egg and meat productivity and economic parameters were taken as per standard norms.
Results
The highest egg productivity and B:C ratio were realized in Divyayan Red as compared to desi
birds, whereas the Diyayan Red and Jharshim were at par with respect to body weight i.e 1.82
and 1.90 kg and net return was 1912 and 1653 respectively but were significantly superior to
desi-non descript breed .Mortality rate of 3.1 was also low in Divyayan Red followed by
Jharsimi.e 4.3 as compared to non-descript desi birds which was quite higher i.e. 8.2.The net
income of small, marginal and landless poultry farmers was increased due to rearing of Divyayan
Red and Jharsim.
Conclusion
The study was concluded that improved variety of poultry likeDivyayan Red and Jharsim rearing
under backyard system could serve as an outstanding dual purpose in Garhwa district of
Jharkhand, due toits ability for faster growth, better weight gain, faster sexual maturity, low
mortality, better egg production and good adaptability nature. The net income of farmers was also
increased due to rearing of these improved variety of poultry under low input and high output
pursuit within a very short span of timeand has better acceptability in poultry farming community
and better adaptability to agro- climatic conditions in Garhwa district of Jharkhand.
Assessment of Performance of Divyayan Red and Jharsim Poultry in Backyard System (
n=20)
Treatment
Av. Body wt.
at 15-day old
chicks
(Kg/bird)
Av. Age
of sexual
maturity
(Days)
Av. Body
wt. of male
& female at
40 weeks of
age
(Kg/bird)
Av. Egg
production/
bird/at 72
weeks
(Nos)
Mortality
Rate (%)
Gross
Return (Rs/
bird/annum)
Net return
(Rs/bird/annum)
T1: Farmers 0.096 195.25 1.32 75.21 8.2 1341 1091 2.31
Practice :
Non- descript
Poultry
T2: Divyayan 0.135 174.27 1.82 165.29 3.1 2377 1912 5.19
Red Poultry
T3: Jharsim 0.140 172.30 1.90 140.35 4.3 2123 1653 4.60
Poultry
SEm (0.05) 15.3 18.4 0.139 7.43 0.875 144 138
CD % 32.6 20.8 0.38 18.4 2.26 292 270
Note : Egg Rs. 12/egg Poultry meat - 350/Kg
B:C
Ratio
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