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Poultry Research Station is located on the main campus of the University. Its focus is on the rural poultry with main objectives of developing suitable backyard poultry varieties and improving the existing varieties. It contemplates to conduct research in to various aspects of rural poultry such as breeding, nutrition, health, management, economic and marketing aspects.
This Institute has already developed a coloured bird called RAJASRI, suitable to backyard farming. This bird, a synthetic variety involving White Leghorn, Desi, Dalhem Red and RIR is in to 8th generation. It attains about 1.5 kg body weight in 4 months and produces about 170 eggs per annum. This thrives well under backyard conditions and under low input or scavenging system. This bird has been well accepted by the farming community. So far, more than 10 lakh birds have been supplied under various developmental programs funded by agencies like SERP, RKVY, TSP, DBT etc. and also directly on payment basis.
This Station has a land area of 6.25 acres. An Office cum Laboratory building with 15,000 sft of covered area houses Administrative Office, Hatchery and Laboratory. There are 17 poultry houses with a total plinth area of 41,000 sft to house different age groups of poultry. Besides, there is a feed mixing plant along with a feed godown.
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