Megrul chickens bred in Georgia are perfect not only for poultry farms and farms, but also for growing in private backyards. They belong to the category of meat and egg productivity. To breed this breed, breeders used various other highly productive breeds: Brama, Langshan, Rhode Island and others.
Despite not too high egg productivity – only about 150 eggs per year, Megrula is popular with poultry farmers. Egg weight fluctuates mainly in the range of 54-56 grams. Shell color is brown. Adult laying hens reach a live weight of one kilogram, seven hundred grams, and roosters can gain weight up to two kilograms, three hundred grams. Puberty in a bird of this breed occurs at the age of six months. Fertilization and hatchability of eggs is quite high.
The Megrul breed is unpretentious, it perfectly adapts to various climatic conditions. But in order to obtain higher productivity and tasty meat, feathered pets need to be well fed and for this it is necessary to use high-quality, nutritious, balanced feed. There are no special conditions for keeping these birds.
Megrula – very beautiful chickens. Mostly there is a variegated color of the feather, a little less often – with striped plumage. The bird has a small head, the neck is also not very long. The comb is beautiful, leaf-shaped. The tail of feathered pets is moderately developed, the chest is convex, the body has a rounded shape, the legs are not too high, strong.
Poultry farmers are presented with two types of Megrul chicken population: eastern and western. The first one is slightly lighter (hens have about one and a half kilograms, roosters have two kilograms), it has a higher egg productivity. The second population – the western one – is chickens with a higher live weight (roosters reach 2 kg 800 g, and laying hens – 2 kg 300 g), they belong more to the meat-and-egg type.
