General Information

Species

Poultry-Fowl

Synonym

Desi

Breeding Tract

Haryana (Haryana) & Punjab (Punjab)

Main Use

Food – Meat, Eggs

Comment On Main Use

In Punjab, The Progressive Farmers Keep These Birds For Home Consumption, While The Poor Farmers Sell Live Birds/Chicks And Eggs To Earn Livelihood. In Haryana, Mostly These Are Maintained As Cash Reserve By Few Low-Income Families Located In One Part Of The Village.

Origin

The Breed Seems To Have Taken Its Name From Its Native Tract (Punjab) And Its Colour (Brown).

Herd Book Or Rigister Established

No

Breed Societies(If Any)

No

Morphology

Normal

Normal

Plumage Pattern

Solid

Plumage Colour

Brown

Comb Type

Single 

Skin Colour

White

Shank Colour

Yellow

Egg Shell Colour

Brown

Visible Character

Plumage Pattern Is Sometimes Spotted Or Striped. Males In Particular Have Black Spots/Stripes. Ear Lobes Are Mostly Brown. Wattles Are Red, Large Sized In Males And Small In Females. Eye Ring Is Red. Comb Is Red, And Erect In Position. Beak Is Yellow.