Question

Which among the following breeds of fowls, the hens are not good egg layers but are excellent sitters?
A. Aseel
B. Leghorn
C. Kadaknath
D. Chittagong

Answer 1

Hint: Fowls refer to domesticated birds that are kept for their eggs and meat. Fowls pertain to one of the two biological orders, namely the Galliformes and the Anseriformes. There are several hundred varieties of fowl breeds which can be found all around the world.

Complete Answer:
- Aseel is a low egg-laying chicken breed found mainly inAndhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu (India) and in Pakistan’s Punjab area. They are known for laying small and few numbers of eggs. But they are excellent sitters. Hens are suitable and make excellent sitters and protective mothers.
- Leghorns are good egg layers originated from Tuscany in Italy and are often used to create high egg yielding hybrids. But they do not make excellent mothers.
- Kadaknath is a black coloured broiler found mainly in the states of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat and Rajasthan. They are mainly used for their meat.
- Chittagong is a low egg-laying chicken breed mainly found in the USA, UK and China. They are of submissive nature.

Thus, we can see that out of the birds as mentioned in the options, only the birds of the Aseel breed are bad layers but they are excellent sitters.

Note: According to some basic characteristics, these birds can be categorised into layers and broilers. Layers are those birds who are mainly preferred for laying eggs. Whereas, the broilers are mostly reared for their meat.