author(s)
D Behera, CR Pradhan, NC Behura, LM Mohapatra, GP Mohanty, K Behera, DP Das and RK Sahu

abstract
A total of 260 numbers Hansli day old chicks were taken for the study. For males body weight increased from 30.69 ± 0.43 g at day- old to 436.40 ± 9.69 g and 1629.42 ± 25.47 g at 8^th week and 20^th week respectively where as the in case of females it was increased from 30.93 ± 0.28 g to 381.35 ± 8.36 g and 1318.43 ± 23.78 g at 8^th week and 20^th week. The cumulative FCR increased from 6.12 in 1^st week to 4.54 in 8^th week and to 7.70 in 20^th week. For the male, female and combined sex, respectively, the slaughter weights averaged 1331.33 ± 23.09, 1092.33 ± 12.06 and 1211.83 ± 38.11 g; dressing percentage 75.09 ± 0.07, 72.1 ± 0.004 and 73.60 ± 0.45, and evisceration percentage 70.20 ± 0.06, 66.85 ± 0.09 and 68.53 ± 0.50 respectively.