Characteristics of Morphological Performance Murung Panggang Chicken

Abstract

Murung Panggang chicken is one of the Indonesian local chicken and the germplasm at the province of South Kalimantan. Data on Murung Panggang chicken is still limited, especially basic data of quantitative and qualitative characteristics. The aim of this study was to obtain information qualitative characteristics (the feather color, shank color, eyes color, comb shape and color of lobe) and quantitative characteristics (body weight and body size) of Murung Panggang chicken. This study was conducted in Hulu Sungai Utara District, South Kalimantan Province. The method used was a survey method. Observation the qualitative and quantitative characteristics were made directly and the data were analyzed descriptively. The results showed that for qualitative characteristics Murung Panggang chicken showing the dominant color was the color of feathers, colors of lobe, and color of eyes (males and females = 100%), the dominant color of black shank (male = 57.14% and female = 72.73%), pea comb shape males (71.43%) and single females (59.09%). The coefficient of diversity for quantitative characteristics Murung Panggang chicken supreme male was the length of the chest (16.09%) and the lowest was chest circle (5.39%), while for hens highest of shank of circle (20.22%) and the lowest was a long of half-life (5.34%). For the purpose of selection for meat production, the criteria for body size that could be used for Murung Panggang chicken were the length of the chest (male) and the shank circle (female) because the two criteria had the highest coefficient of diversity.