Vol. 10, Special Issue 11 (2021)

Author(s):
P Thirunavukkarasu, P Shamsudeen, G Raj Manohar, N Murali and D Anandha Prakash Singh

Abstract:
Egg quality characteristics of indigenous chicken variety maintained at College of Poultry Production and Management, Hosur were studied at Poultry Farm Complex (PFC), Veterinary College and Research Institute (VC&RI), Namakkal during the period between April 2020 and April 2021. The external egg quality traits like egg weight, shell colour, cleanliness, surface area, specific gravity and shape index and internal egg quality traits like albumin index, albumin weight, albumin percent, Haugh unit, yolk index, yolk colour, yolk percent, shell thickness, shell weight and shell percent were studied and the results are presented.