A new breed of chicken has been launched in Uganda
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A new breed of chicken has been launched in Uganda after assessing its performance and discovering its potential through a trial study raising hope of lifting household incomes for majority of Ugandans particularly those with rich interest in Agriculture.
The multicolored kuroiler breed that resembles the indigenous is a dual purpose hybrid chicken bred in India with characteristics of laying eggs at the age of 4 months and broilers attaining weight of 2kgs at 2 months, feeding on household remains.
And as Kennes Bwire reports, layers produce 150 eggs in 12 months laying cycle as compared to 60 eggs from indigenous chicken.