Comparison of the Performances in the Body Weight of Layer Chickens during Egg Production
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.51791/njap.vi.4251Keywords:
Body weight, ISA Brown, Funnab Alpha and local chickensAbstract
Study was conducted to compare the body weight of three strains of layer-type chicken during their egg production. The chickens used for this purpose were an exotic strain (ISA Brown), Nigerian adapted chicken (Funnab Alpha) and the local chicken. A total number of sixty birds were used, twenty birds per strain and were raised on deep litter pens. Data was collected for twelve weeks starting from fifty-two weeks to sixty-four weeks of age. The ISA Brown had highest mean body weight (1.93±0.09 kg) but notsignificantly different with the mean body weight of the Funnab Alpha chickens (1.93±0.09 kg).The local chicken had the least mean body weight (1.21±0.10 kg) which differed significantly with the mean body weight of the ISA Brown and the Funnab Alpha.
