The growth and productivity of selected kampung chicken

Abstract

The experiment was conducted at Balai Penelitian Ternak, Ciawi-Bogor. The aimed of this experiment was to investigate the performance of selected kampung chicken kept under intensive management. The 100 hens and 10 cockerels of selected kampung chicken were placed in individual cages until preparing 400 day-old-chicks (DOC) replacement stock as requirement. According to the assumption  of  sex  ratio  (1:1),  then  it  was  selected  to  become  200  pullets  and  20  cockerels. Observation were conducted on body weight, feed consumption and feed conversion ratio. The result showed  that  performance  of  selected  kampung  chicken  up  to  12  weeks  of  age  were  average  body weight (745.90 g), feed consumption ( 2827 g), feed conversion ratio (4.13), while the young chicks at 20 weeks of age were average (1110.88 g), feed consumption (6082.71 g) and feed conversion (6.57). The first age of laying egg was 155-167 days, average first egg weight (30.48 g), egg production up to 12  weeks  40.34  percent.  Hen  day  production,  feed  consumption  75.22  g/d/bird  and  feed  conversion ratio 5.09. The performance of laying hen up to 20 weeks was average hen-day egg production 37.22 percent. Hen day production, feed consumption 76.68 g/d/bird and feed conversion ratio 5.59. It was concluded that performance of selected kampung chicken can be improved by keeping under intensive management.