BREEDS OF LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR

SHEEP BREEDS

A. BHAKARWAL B. GUREZ C. KARNAH D. POONCHI

1. Medium sized animals with typical roman nose 1. Generally white, some animals are black or brown or (Kupwara district of North Kashmir) (Native to Poonch and Rajouri district)
conformation have black or brown spots 1. Rams have large curved 1. Legs are short giving a low set and
2. Rams and horned and ewes are polled with longand 2. Ears are long, thin and pointed 2. They are large breed and their litter size is usually single and prominent nose line
drooping ears occasionally twin horns 2. Ears are medium long and tail is short & thin
Birth weight (Male) 3.40 kg Weight at 6 (Male) 17.4 kg Birth weight (Male) 2.75 kg Birth weight (Male) 3.50 kg
(Female) 3.0 kg month (Female) 17.10 kg (Female) 2.65 kg (Female) 2.77 kg
Adult body (Male) 55 Kg Adult body (Male) 36 kg Adult body (Male) 30.75 kg Adult body (Male) 35-40 kg
weight (Female) 29-36 Kg weight (Female) 41 kg weight (Female) 37.55 kg weight (Female) 25-30 kg
Total wool (Male) 1.600 Kg Total wool (Male) 1.50 kg Total wool (Male) 1.25 kg Total wool (Male) 1.6 Kg
production production (Female) 1.25 kg production (Female) 1.00 kg production (Female) 1.25 Kg
(Female) 900 g
Per annum per annum Per annum Per annum
GOAT BREED BREED OF CHICKEN BREED OF GEESE

BHAKARWALI KASHMIR FAVEROLLA KASHMIR ANZ (Kashmir valley)

1.Large-sized goats having a convex head, Ears are cut and (Srinagar, Baramulla, Anantnag, Budgam, Kupwara, Pulwama districts) 1. Kashmir Anz geese are cinnamon, white, and a mixture of cinnamon and
pendulous. 1. Feathered comb; 5 toes white coloured geese, with beak colour varying from black to yellow
2.Horns are screw type and are carried upwards and backward. 2. Egg shell colour: Light to dark brown with annual egg production through all intermediates.
3. The average daily milk yield is about 900g. (numbers): 60-65 2. Their shanks are orange, and eyes are either grey or brown.
3. Weight of an egg: 45.76±2.188 g 3. Peculiarities like the knob, dewlap and paunch are also present in some of
these geese.
Birth weight (Male) 3.37 kg
4. The average adult body weight of the gander is 3.82 kg and that of the goose
(Female) 3.06 kg Birth weight (Male) 32.00 g
is 3.34 kg.
Adult body weight (Male) 35-60 kg (Female) 30.43 g
5. Each goose lays about 12 white-shelled eggs a year, weighing 137 g on
(Female) 30-50 kg Adult body weight (Male) 1.88 kg
average.
(Female) 1.42 kg