Desi Vs Hybrid Broiler

Variety of desi chicken are being reared for meat purpose in South India. It is because of ignorance and for few old people for its taste and unique flavor. Hybrid broiler chicken with soft tender and juicy meat was developed after spending several million dollars to suit the taste of local people over the more tough  fibrous desi chicken. Many orthodox consumers think that the desi chicken are reared in the backyards of the villagers households with feeding of earthworms, beetles, insects, scattered grains in the post harvested fields, kitchen left overs, vegetable waste etc. They may also have a false imagination that these type of chicken are embedded with highly packed nutrition You may find many small restaurants selling desi chicken gravy as well as dry chicken for a higher price to cheat the ignorant customers.  The desi chicken that we find in the market are the ones which are grown in organised farms with feeding of concentrated mash and protected against diseases by different vaccines and antibiotics like the commercial broilers. They are incubated in hatcheries and reared under brooders and later in cages till 16 weeks of age and marketed. A small flock is retained as breeders to get eggs for incubation and take the next flock for rearing. Present day desi chicken in the market is camouflaged with multicolored plumage only with the additional character of fibrous and less juicy meat with the same nutrition as that of any commercial chicken. If the birds are really reared in backyard the the consumer should be very careful against salmonellae bacteria and food poisoning.