Question

Differentiate between an egger and a broiler.

Answer 1

Following are the differences between the egger and the broiler:

Egger

1. Egg laying chickens are called eggers or egg layers.
2. The chicks are given calcium (bones, seeds) and are reared to produce eggs.
3. Eggers should give large number of eggs as white leghorns give many eggs. Rhode island red breeds like HH-260, IBL-80, B-77.

Broiler

1. Chickens which give us meat are called broilers.
2. Those chicks are reared on a diet of fats so that they gain flesh on their body and these are used as broilers.
3. Broilers should give flesh. Indigenous variety Aseel give high yield of meat and less number of eggs.