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

Table 3

Effect of crossbreeding using indigenous birds with respect to body weight at 40 weeks and age at sexual maturity.

Traits	Cross	Cross performance	Indigenous performance	Country	References
Body weight at 40 weeks (g)	DR × FU	1537	997	Nigeria	[25]
	FU × DR	1320	-do-	-do-
	DR × Y	1306	-do-	-do-
	K × J	1761	1481	India	[8]
	(K × J) × J	1840		-do-
	PB2 × A	2357	1366	-do-	[8]
	NP × DR	1738	1712	-do-	[8, 28]
	NP × RIR	1765		-do-
	(NP × DR) × DR	1776		-do-
	R × NU	1759	1502	-do-	[8, 28]
	NU × R	1680		-do-
	PB2 × NU	2371		-do-
	NU × R × R	1791		-do-
	PB2 × NU × R	2250		-do-
ASM (day)	Fayoumi × R	247.5	238.5	Bangladesh	[29]
	Aseel × DR	183	202	India	[30]
	DR × Aseel	181	202	-do-
	SB × BN	163	197	India	[27]
	SB × WN	159	183	-do-
	DR × Indigenous	157	159	Nigeria	[25]
	BRN × WLH	187	198	India	[26]
	WLH × BRN	170		-do-
	Dominant Black × FU	145	158	Nigeria	[31]
	FU × Dominat Black	148		-do-
	K × J	168	172	India	[8]
	(K × J) × J	163		-do-
Annual egg production (number)	Aseel × DR	189	91	India	[30]
	DR × Aseel	191	91	-do-	-do-
	SB × BN	168	157	India	[27]
	SB × WN	178	162	-do-
	BRN × WLH	186	144	India	[26]
	WLH × BRN	226		-do-

A: indigenous fowl Guwahati, BN: Black Nicobari, BRN: Brown Nicobari, DR: Dahlem Red, FU: Fulani ecotype, K: Kadaknath, J: Jabalpur colour, NP: Palampur native, NU: Udaipur native, PB2: meat-type synthetic breed, R: Rhode Island Red, SB: synthetic broiler, WN: White Nicobari, WLH: White Leghorn, and Y: Yoruba.