POULTRY RESEARCH STATION (PRS), MADHAVARAM

Strains developed

Nandanam Chicken I

• Dual purpose coloured variety with good disease resistance
• Most popular among rural poultry farmers due to its adaptability to backyard farming
• Red plumage, brown shelled eggs and high fertility are sailent features
• Hen housed egg production of 180 eggs per annum; fertility of 9.1% and attains one Kg body weight at 12 weeks of age.
• Widely distributed to upgrade local /desi fowl as it is best suited for backyard rearing

Nandanam Chicken II

• Pure bred multi coloured broiler variety
• Good disease resistance, adaptability to substandard managemental conditions and massive appearance of adult are special features
• Body weight of 1.44 kg at 8th week with feed efficiency of 2.66 and livability of 97%
• More preferred by urban and semi-urban consumers owing to the desirable flavour of meat
• Most popular among semi-unban farmers as backyard bird due to attractive plumage

Nandanam Chicken IV

• This is a coloured dual purpose chicken developed through sustained selection and breeding for five generations.
• Multi coloured feather pattern and most popular among farmers as backyard bird due to attractive plumage
• Brown shelled egg producer
• Flightiness to evade predation
• Optimum egg number of 225 eggs per annum
• Good survivability of 92.43% under the backyard system

Nandanam Quail (1988)

• First strain of meat type Japanese quail released in South India
• Dual purpose variety with an average 6th week body weight of 137.6 g. feed conversion efficiency of 3.83 and livability of 88%

Nandanam Quail II (1993)

• Improved strain of meat type Japanese quail
• Heavier body weight of 180 g at 6th week of age with feed efficiency of 2.76 and livability of 88.20%
• Popularly referred as "desi quail"
• Very popular among farmers, entrepreneurs and unemployed youth as basic stock for promising enterprise

Nandanam Quail III (2004)

• Much improved high yielding meat type quail
• More popular for heavy weight of 200 g and 247 g for male and female respectively at 6th week of age with feed efficiency of 2.70 and livability of 95%
• This variety was developed by eighteen generations of selective breeding for body weight, feed efficiency, hatchability and livability.

Nandanam Turkey I

• It is strain developed by cross breeding black desi variety with exotic Beltsville Small White turkey
• Attractive black and white plumages with better disease resistance
• An increment of 1680 g in adult body weight compared to desi bird at 16 week of age
• High egg production with better hatchability compared to either parent variety
• Good meat characteristics with desirable flavour
• Best suited for backyard rearing and also preferred by entrepreneurs

Nandanam Turkey-II

• It is an improved variety of Beltsville Small White turkey
• Increased market weight of 3020 g in adult body weight compared to desi bird at 16 week of age
• High carcass yield (75.36%)
• Excellent livability (95%)
• Egg Production (24 - 44 weeks)- 70 eggs
• Well adapted to local agroclimatic conditions of TamilNadu
• Adapts well to backyard farming conditions

Nandanam Guinea Fowl - I

• It is an improved meat type pearl Guinea fowl variety
• Improved 12th week (market age) body weight of 950-1000g
• Improved livability of 95%
• Improved carcass qualities
• More suitable for backyard rearing under agro climatic conditions of Tamil Nadu
• Useful in socioeconomic upliftment of resource poor rural women and tribal women in backward districts of Tamil nadu