VARIATION IN BODY WEIGHT AND FEED EFFICIENCY OF NIGERIAN LOCAL CHIC[(ENS
ADEKEYE OLUWATOBI
KEHINDE
MATRIC NO 2006/0390
A PROJECT
SUBMITTED TO THE COLLEGE
ANIMAL SCIENCE AND LIVESTOCI(
IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT
OF '
PRODUCTION.
OF THE REQUIREMENTS
'TO
THE AWARD OF BACHELOR OF AGRICULTURE, (B.AGRIC HONS) DEGREE OF THE U' IVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE,
ABEOI(UT A, NIGERIA.
JUNE, 2011
The experiment was carried out to study the feed intake, weight gain and feed efficiency of igerian local chickens raised under intensive management system. The birds were reared for 10 weeks. The results showed that with the effect of sire genotypes, consumed more with average feed consumption
aked neck chickens
of 486.84±3 I. 7g/wk and
ormal feathered
chickens gain more weight with the average body weight of 334.43±21.37g/wk
than other
chicken genotypes.
With the effect of dam genotype, Frizzle feathered chickens had the highest consumption feed with the average feed consumption average body weight of 316.38±21.94g/wk
In terms of feed efficiency,
of 412.5±26.7g/wk
of
and gained more weight with the
than other local birds used in this study.
the Normal feathered chickens were the most efficient in feed
utilization (0. 78±0.0 l/g) followed by frizzle feathered birds (0. n±0.02/g). It is therefore concluded that the involvement of local chicken in breeding programmes lead to improvement in weight gain and feed efficiency.
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