AGR 17th Batch

Department of Animal Science

Faculty of Agriculture
EXIM Bank Agricultural University Bangladesh
Course Title- Introductory Animal Science
Course Code- ANS 132
BS Agriculture, Term-02
Experiment: 05
Name of the Experiment: Study on identification of good layer and non-layer chickens.

Objectives:
 To cull the non-layer chickens for better production of farms by differentiate layers
and non-layers

Difference between layer and non-layer chickens-

Body Parts Good Layers Non-layers

Comb Large, red, glossy and warm Small, pale, dry shrunken
Wattle Full and waxy Scaly and cold
Eye Bright Dull
Vent Large, dilated, oval and moist Small, contracted, round and dry
2-5 fingers spread between keel and
Pubic bone Less than 2 fingers
pubic bone
Abdomen Enlarged, soft Contracted, hard and fatty
Skin Soft, thin, loose, silky Thick, dry, subcutaneous fat