Raça de galinhas "piracicaba": II. "Pedigree" das aves puras para os caracteres pescoço pelado e plumagem preta

Abstract

The pedigree of chickens homozygous for black plumage and naked and now obtained in the Poultry Department of the "Luiz de Queiroz" School of Agriculture, was traced in this paper. The animals will be used in the formation of the new local breed called "Piracicaba PPPP", (Pescoço Pelado Preta de Piracicaba), which we propose to start with selection of others morphological characters and mainly the economical ones: egg laying, early maturing and soft-meated chickens.