Best Chicken Breed in India For Egg & Meat

By - Aysha Anam

Gramapriya

It has a high egg-yielding capacity. 
Number of eggs: 200–225 per year
Weight of eggs: 55-60 g
Meat: 1.0 to 1.5 kilograms

Giriraja

Eggs have good hatchability 
Number of eggs: 130-150 per year
Weight of eggs: 52-55 g
Meat: 2.0 to 3 kilograms

Vanraja

It grows faster, produces brown eggs
Number of eggs: 110 per year
Weight of eggs: 52 to 56 g
Meat: 1.0 to 1.2 kilograms

Kadaknath

It has grey-black meat rich in iron. 
Number of eggs: 80 to 120 per year
Weight of egg: 30-35 g
Meat:  900 gm to 1200gm.

Malay

It has brownish and golden colour eggs. 
Number of eggs: 80 per year
Weight of eggs: 50 g
Meat: 2.0 to 3 kilograms

Asli Chicken 

Listed in FAO list of 'not at risk'
Number of eggs: 70 per year
Weight of egg: 40g
Meat: 3-6  kilograms

Kuroilers

Can be fed kitchen or agri waste
Number of eggs: 40 per year
Weight of eggs: 52.2–58.7 g
Meat: 2.5-3.5  kilograms

Grey Junglefowl

One of the wild ancestors of the domestic chicken.
Number of eggs: 10-15 per year
Weight of eggs: 16 g
Meat: 2.5 kilograms

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