T he indigenous chickens (Gallus domesticus) are the native breeds that have been farmed in many of the developing and underdeveloped countries throughout the world (Magothe et al., 2012). The importance of native birds for the rural economy is immense in different countries (Barua and Yoshimura 1997;Magothe et al., 2012). Though these birds are being used for rural backyard poultry production by most the small-scaler farmers since their genetic potential has not been fully exploited due to a lack of resources and knowledge (Khobondo et al., 2015). Sometimes such chickens are referred to as traditional, scavenging, backyard, village, local or family chickens due to their adaptation to harsh environmental conditions that include extensive small-scale village, free-range and organic production systems (Mahendra, 2016). Indigenous chickens are hardy and can adapt to local conditions better than other breeds because of their ability to withstand harsh climatic conditions due to their typical genetic development (Van Marle-Köster et al., 2009). Moreover, although local chickens produce less meat and fewer eggs in comparison
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