Advantages and benefits of Kadaknath Chicken and Eggs

Black Chicken Meat is Healthy :

 

Kadaknath, also called Kali Masi ("fowl having black flesh"), is an Indian breed of chicken related to their Indonesian cousins the Ayam Cemani. They originated from Dhar and Jhabua, Madhya Pradesh, Bastar (Chattisgarh) and the adjoining districts of Gujarat and Rajasthan, covering about 800 square miles. Kadaknath birds are grey-black all over and have gold plumage with greenish iridescence.

Advantages of Growing Kadaknath Chicken

• Kadaknath chicken meat is textured and flavoured.
• This black meat has good medicinal values.
• Kadaknath chicken breeds are adaptable to any kind of environment.
• Kadaknath chicken meat and their eggs are sold for high price in the market.
• This bird meat contains many kinds of amino acids, and vitamins.
• This meat helps to increase blood cells and haemoglobin.
• Kadaknath chicken is said to be aids in curing pulmonary problems.
• The Kadaknath birds convert feed quickly into the meat (feed conversion ratio is high).
• The Kadaknath chicken eggs are used to treat headaches, post delivery problems, asthma and nephritis.
• Kadaknath chicken is said to be good for women health as well.
• The tribal community in MP uses Kadaknath chicken blood in the treatment of chronic disease.
• The Kadaknath chicken eggs are also have good nutrition values and good for old people.
• Kadaknath black meat contains vitamins B1, B2, B6, B12, C and E, niacin, protein, fat, calcium, phosphorus, iron, and nicotinic acid
• The Kadaknath breed is hardy and highly resistant for diseases.
• Unlike broiler chicken, these can survive even on kitchen waste.
• The best advantage is, these birds meat has more protein, less fat, and low cholesterol when compared to similar kind of poultry breeds.
• Kadaknath chicken weighs about 1.5 Kg after growing 6 to 7 months.
• Kadaknath is one of the rarest birds available in the world.
• Commercial scale farming of Kadaknath chicken defiantly fetch good profits if proper marketing channel is established.
• Some state governments like Madhya Pradesh, have incentive scheme for people who were interested in breeding the Kadaknath chicken.

Eggs of Kadaknath :


The eggs are also nutritive, especially for aged people and high blood pressure victims, since the cholesterol content is lower, Rich in amino acids and higher than that of other kinds of bird eggs.

The eggs of kadaknath chickens can also be utilized effectively to treat severe headaches, headaches after giving birth, faintness, asthma and nephritis (chronic or acute inflammation of the kidney).

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