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Hybrid chick adoption by local broody hens

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Title Hybrid chick adoption by local broody hens
 
Creator Carew, S N
Ejembi, E P
 
Subject Chicken; Fostering; Brooding; Rearing; Free range chicken
 
Description Local broody hens (2) were each offered day-old, broiler chicks (10) Ibr adopiion, They adopted, brooded and reared thce chicks under free range. The growth rate, survivability and profitability of the adopted chicks were compared with a set of 20 intensively reared broiler chicks, and a set of 16 local chicks hatched and reared under free range, by their own mother, hens. The intensively reared broilers (IRB) attained 2.22kg live weight in 10 weeks, with no mortalities and they yielded a profit of N233/bird. The adopted, extensively reared broilers (ERB) took 20 weeks to attain 2.25kg, only 20% of the birds survived to this age and a loss of N3 was incurred for every chick stocked. The local chicks (LOC) weighed only 0.98Kg at 20 weeks, only 25% survived to this age and they yielded a profit of Nl33 per chick hatched. Results from this study demonstrate the possibility of using local broody hens to brood and rear hybrid chicks, and suggest protective restriction in the first few weeks at life. and a vaccination/medication regime as intervention measures that could improve the survivability and profitatbility, of hybrid chickens reared under free range conditions.
 
Publisher Directorate of Knowledge Management in Agriculture
 
Date 2005-07-05
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAnS/article/view/8155
 
Source The Indian Journal of Animal Sciences; Vol 75, No 7 (2005)
0367-8318
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAnS/article/view/8155/3186
 
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