A feeding trial was conducted in female parent stock of Swarnadhara for 8 weeks during grower stage. Test diets were formulated at variable levels of energy (2500 / 2400 kcal ME / kg) and protein (16 / 15 % CP) to form 4 treatments (High Energy/High Protein–T1; High Energy/Low Protein T2; Low Energy/High Protein–T3 and Low Energy/Low Protein–T4). 384 grower birds (13 – 20 weeks age) were divided into 32 replicates of 12 birds each to offer four diets randomly to 8 replicate groups under deep litter system.