Vol. 12, Issue 1 (2023)

The present study was aimed at survey, identification and characterization of three domestic chicken populations viz. Vezaguda in southern, Phulbani in western and Hansli in northern Odisha. All the populations studied in this investigation are raised in small-holder production system. The qualitative phenotypic traits like plumage color, plumage pattern, skin color, shank color, ear lobe color, comb and wattle color, eye color, type of comb and wattle, head shape, etc. and quantitative body measurement traits such as body length, body girth, keel length, shank length, shank width, breast angle, beak length, head width and height of the bird were studied. Attempt was also made to evaluate its performance traits like body weight and egg production.