The experimental units were kept on a floor litter system in separate pens. A weighted amount of the ration was offered to the birds twice a day and the left over feed was collected to calculate feed consumption of the birds. Fresh and clean water was made available at all the times. The experiment was conducted according to the completely randomized design and data about per replicate body wt., weekly body wt. and weekly feed consumption were recorded during the experimental period (1-5 weeks of age). The drinking water for group B were supplemented with Thankuni leaves extract @ 2% and birds of this group gained the highest live weight (Table- 1). Table-1 revealed that in control group (A) initial average live weight on 7th