vanaraja is a dual-purpose chicken variety developed by project directorate on poultry. i.e. vanaraja which produces eggs and meat based on rearing and feeding practices. Important feature of this breed is
-> Attractive multi-color feather pattern. -> High general immune competence. [1] -> perform on low plane of nutrition. -> Grow faster and produce more eggs than local hens. -> produce brown eggs like local hens.
vanaraja gives their best performance when rared under free range. It produces up to 110 eggs per year and weight up to 2.2 to 2.6 at the age between 6.0-6.5 months. Vaccination of native birds along with vanaraja is recommended. excess body weight may reduce egg production. vanaraja is mainly found in Telangana and Andhrapradesh.