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Question
Differentiate between an egger and a broiler.
Distinguish Between
Solution
Following are the differences between the egger and the broiler:
Egger
- Egg laying chickens are called eggers or egg layers.
- The chicks are given calcium (bones, seeds) and are reared to produce eggs.
- Eggers should give large number of eggs as white leghorns give many eggs. Rhode island red breeds like HH-260, IBL-80, B-77.
Broiler
- Chickens which give us meat are called broilers.
- Those chicks are reared on a diet of fats so that they gain flesh on their body and these are used as broilers.
- Broilers should give flesh. Indigenous variety Aseel give high yield of meat and less number of eggs.
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