EFFECT OF WED FEED ON COCKEREL CHICKEN PERFORMANCE
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.51791/njap.v28i1.1859Keywords:
Dry mash, Wet mash, Growth Performance, Cockerel chicksAbstract
An experiment was conducted with 66 day-old Hyperco cockerels. Cassava (Manihot esculenta) peels of mized varieties were used for this study which lasted for 8 weeks. The peels were harvested at between 9 - 10 months of age from the cassava plantation of the Institute of Agriculture Research and Training (I.A.R. & T), Moor Plantation, Ibadan. The chicks were randomly allotted to the two dietary treatments A (dry mash) and B (wet, "moist" mash). Each treatmet consisted of 3 replicates. The mean daily feed intake, water consumption, body weight gain and feed conversion efficiency values showed significant differences (P<0.05) between treatments. Considering the ease in producing wet ("moist") feeds, their use in cockerel nuitrition offers tremendous commercial benefits if suitable equipment are developed for mixing and delivering them to the birds.
