Importance of Indigenous Breeds of Chicken for Rural Economy and Their Improvements for Higher Production Performance

Table 2

Effect of crossbreeding using indigenous birds with respect to body weight at 8 and 20 weeks of age.

Traits	Cross	Cross performance	Indigenous performance	Country	References
Body weight at 8 weeks (g)	DR × FU	M = 508, F = 468	M = 283, F = 252	Nigeria	[25]
	FU × DR	M = 390, F = 372
	DR × Y	M = 429, F = 389
	SB × BN	463	237	India	[21]
	SB × WN	444	252
	BRN × WLH	M = 264, F = 229	M = 212, F = 195	India	[26]
	WLH × BRN	M = 269, F = 231
Body weight at 20 weeks	DR × FU	M = 1360, F = 1275	M = 1191, F = 970	Nigeria	[25]
	FU × FR	M = 1333, F = 1333
	DR × Y	M = 1336, F = 1143
	SB × BN	1545	879	India	[27]
	SB × WN	1532	805	-do-
	BRN × WLH	M = 868, F = 691	M = 709, F = 601	-do-	[26]
	WLH × BRN	M = 871, F = 692		-do-
	K × J	M = 1587, F = 103	1079	-do-	[8]
	(K × J) × J	M = 2240, F = 1780		-do-
	PB2 × A	998	896	-do-	[8]
	NP × DR	1414	1357	-do-	[8, 28]
	R × NU	1299	1382	-do-	[8, 28]
	NU × R	1304		-do-
	PB2 × NU	2083		-do-
	NU × R × R	1653		-do-
	PB2 × NU × R	1878		-do-
	DR × NJ	1058	878	-do-	[8]
	PB2 × NJ	1632		-do-
	DR × (PB2 × NJ)	1525		-do-
	(PB2 × NJ) × DR	1869		-do-

A: indigenous fowl Guwahati, F: female, M: male, BN: Black Nicobari, BRN: Brown Nicobari, DR: Dahlem Red, FU: Fulani ecotype, K: Kadaknath, J: Jabalpur colour, NP: Palampur native, NJ: Ranchi native, NU: Udaipur native, PB2: meat-type synthetic breed, R: Rhode Island Red, SB: Synthetic broiler, WN: White Niocbari, WLH: White Leghorn, Y: Yoruba, and -do-: same as above.