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Background: Poultry is amongst the fastest in the agricultural industry in India and its average rate of growth stands at approximately eight percent annually. The main poultry keepers in the backyard are mostly agricultural workers who keep small backyard flocks as a second job usually with marginal land and low family income per year. Even though the native birds are low producers and, also, have relative low body weight, they are well oriented to the local conditions, and are more resistant to the diseases. Desi or low egg and meat producing birds are generally raised under the backyard poultry management systems. However, better breeds of poultry that are offered are more promising to replace desi birds to realize higher productivity and economic benefits.

Methods: The study involved 200 Chabro breed day-old chicks (DOCs) that were allocated to two farmers under the Front Line Demonstration (FLD) program in the year 202021 (Fig. 1). The chicks were obtained in the State Government Poultry Farm, Bharari, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Results: Weight measurement was taken at 15 days intervals to a maximum of 285 days of age. The field conditions showed a mean body weight at 1, 15, 30, 45, 60, and 285 days of weight gain to be 34.69 ± 0.61, 90.53 ± 0.62, 201.21 ± 3.42, 805.56 ± 2.81, 1261.32 ± 5.82 and 3697.19 ± 9.34 g respectively. The first laying age was 168.45 + 3.98 days and average annual egg count was 161.37 + 5.25 eggs. The EG at the age of 280 days was found to be 51.78% and the livability percentage in the field is 89.99%.