The Giri Raja Chicken

Welfare groups have been saying for years that modern farming should give up the use of finely-tuned specialist chickens, split into meat and egg producing flocks. Now the Veterinary College in Bangalore has come up with one such solution, the Forest King or Giri Raja. This is a magnificent looking chicken which has been bred to be dual-purpose. It thrives on a scavenging diet, grows to a good weight and the females are useful egg producers. It is totally unsuitable for the hot-house conditions of the factory farm. A film by EcostormEFU.