The performance of broiler crossbreeding chickens at different density cages
A Fausiah1, ATBA Mahmud1, SA Rab1, U Masir2, MIA Dagong3

1 Animal Husbandry Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Al Asyariah Mandar University, Polewali Mandar, Indonesia
2 Animal Science Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Politani Pangkajene, Pangkep, Indonesia
3 Animal Husbandry Department, Faculty of Animal Science, Hasanuddin University, Makassar

Abstract

The high crowding level of the coop causes chicken body weight gain to be smaller than those with low coop crowding level. This study aims to analyze the coop crowding level to the performance of Kampung-Broiler (KB) cross-breeding chicken. The research was conducted from February to June 2019, in the Field Laboratory of Animal Husbandry Department at Agriculture Faculty, Asyariah Polewali Mandar University. Using Randomized Block Design (RBD) in the treatment of KB cross-breeding coop crowding level with 3 groups and each group contained 8, 10, and 12 KB chickens. Each treatment will be repeated 3 times each. Reared in a 1x1 m2 chicken coop. The results showed that the crowding of the coop had a significant effect (P <0.05) on feed consumption, weight gain and feed conversion. Feed consumption was significantly lower in the P0 treatment that was 974.53 g/chicken and the highest was P2 (1379.29 g/chicken). The highest weight gain was in P0 with 1334.77 g/chicken and the lowest was in P2 with 1237.54 g/chicken. The lowest conversion value was at P0 with 0.73 and the highest was at P1 (1.11 g/chicken). Based on the results of this study it can be concluded that the best treatment is P0 characterized by low consumption, high body weight gain and low conversion.

Keywords: broiler kampung chicken, crowding, performance

Topic: Poultry production and nutrition

Link: https://ifory.id/abstract-plain/XERLf4DPwgCq

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