Despite the tremendous development of commercial poultry production system worldwide, it has been estimated that still more than 80% of the global
poultry population is found in traditional family based production system (Mack et al., 2004). Our country needs to have a bird suitable to rural poor, small, marginal farmers and nomads. This section of people requires a type of poultry symbolical to local/deshi birds having coloured plumage patterns, adoptability to local harsh environment, scavenging habit, disease resistance and to produce more eggs and meat. Rural poultry farming in a developing country like India has a very high potential to improve the nutrional, economical and social aspect of human life, specially that of poor farmers, landless
labours, tribals and women-folk. While industrial poultry farming has progressed by giant strides, small scale household poultry farming by rural people, which has the capacity to change the lives of the poor and lift up above the poverty line, has not gained due importance or scientific support. Each individual possesses a special combination of genes received from his parent and has a specific genotype. The performance of the individual bird
is the net outcome of its genetic worth and environment to which it is subjected. A particular gene may act non additively to improve the suitability of genotype to specific environmental condition. Therefore, the present experiment was planned to assess the effect of different housing systems and dietary protein level on carcass traits of dual purpose colour birds