Gramapriya

Gramapriya is a breed of chicken developed by the Project Directorate on Poultry based in Hyderabad, .^[1] The Gramapriya starts laying eggs at an age of 175 days. In 72 weeks a Gramapriya chicken can lay 200–225.^[2][3]

Gramapriya is a crossbred chicken developed by the Indian Government through a Hyderabad-based project under an All India Co-ordinated Research Project. Gramapriya chickens have been developed for backyard rearing. They have a high favourability rating among farmers in India.

Gramapriya chicken are best suited to preparation of TANDOORI type dishes.

There are two varieties of Gramapriya:

• White variety:- Good egg producer
• Coloured variety:- Dual purpose. Egg number is less than white variety->Promising features of Gramapriya are: =>Multi color feather pattern. =>Longer shanks. =>Lower predator threat. =>Moderate in body weight. =>Better egg production. =>Produce brown shell eggs.

See also

• List of chicken breeds

References

1. "ഗ്രാമപ്രിയക്കും വനരാജനും പിന്നാലെ ഇനി കാവേരി കോഴികളും | mangalam.com". Test.mangalam.com. 2012-08-07. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
2. "വിവിധ ഇനം കോഴികൾ". Farmextensionmanager.com. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
3. (PDF) http://web.archive.org/web/20150402152905/http://www.pdonpoultry.org/pdpnew/images/extfiles/reports/gramapriya.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 2, 2015. Retrieved October 2, 2012. Missing or empty |title= (help)

External links

• Project Directorate on Poultry

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