A study reveals that a strain of chickens that are naturally blind produce more eggs than their sighted counterparts and lights influences the overall production. According to a research conducted by the National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology (NIANP), Bangalore, a genetically blind strain of white leghorn birds called Smoky Joes start reproduction earlier and produces more eggs than the average chicken.
The study was kicked off in end-2008 to understand how light influences the production pattern of eggs started and its results came in July 2010.The findings would help poultry farmers in meticulous use of lightings for better egg production, they added.
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