question_answer 71)

  What would happen if poultry birds are larger in size and have no summer adaptation capacity? In order to get small sized poultry birds, having summer in adaptability, what method will be employed?

Answer:

  If poultry birds are large in size, it will becomes very difficult to manage their summer adaptability with them. The programmers? of cross breeding between Indian (indigenous) and foreign (exotic) breeds for variety improvement are focused to develop new varieties for the desirable traits some of them are (i) Quantity and quality of chicks (ii) Dwarf broiler parent for commercial chick production for summer adaptation capacity/tolerance to high temperature (iii) Low maintenance requirement (iv) Improvement in hen housed for egg production and reduction in the size of the layer with ability to utilise more fibrous, cheap diet formulations using agricultural byproducts.