Ezhilvalavan, S.Rajini, R. AshaKumar, N.K. SudeepBalamurugan, P.TANUVAS2017-09-132017-09-132014http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810030982A study was undertaken to survey the practices of intensive rearing of native breeder chicken and socio-economic status of the farmers involved, to document management practices adopted, assess production performance of native breeder chicken (male and female) under intensive management system and to make economic appraisal of the growing enterprise and constraints faced by the native breeder chicken farmers in western districts of Tamil Nadu. The study was conducted in 45 farms, 15 farms each in three western districts of Tamil Nadu viz., Erode, Tirupur and Coimbatore. The farms were identified by simple random sampling and data collected through a semi-structured interview schedule.en-USVeterinary SciencePoultry ScienceThesis