Volume: 54 Issue: 4
Year: 2023, Page: 1072-1078, Doi: https://doi.org/10.51966/jvas.2023.54.4.1072-1078
Received: July 15, 2023 Accepted: Oct. 27, 2023 Published: Dec. 31, 2023
An experiment was carried out to assess and compare the production performance of Aseel × Naked neck (ANN), Aseel × New Hampshire (ANH) and Aseel × Rhode Island Red (ARIR) crossbreds under farm conditions. Forty pullets from each crossbred were housed in identical pens and production performance was recorded for five periods (each 28 days) from 21 to 40 weeks of age. The mean body weight at 20 weeks of age was 1480.53 g in ANN, 1507.60 g in ANH and 1548.98 g in ARIR. The overall mean body weight at 40 weeks of age was 2322.17 g in ANN, 2285.27 g in ANH and 2205.43 g in ARIR. The mean body weights of ANN, ANH and ARIR were statistically similar in the three groups at 20 weeks and also at 40 weeks of age. The mean age at first egg was 172.2, 178.8 and 165.4 days in ANN, ANH and ARIR, respectively. The overall egg number on hen housed basis was 39.20, 35.55 and 43.50 in ANN, ANH and ARIR, respectively. The overall mean egg weight of ARIR was 49.10 ± 1.01 g which was statistically higher than the other two groups. The feed conversion ratio per dozen eggs from 25 to 40 weeks of age was 4.50, 6.39 and 4.29 in ANN, ANH and ARIR, respectively. The per cent livability in ANN, ANH and ARIR was 100 per cent from 21 to 40 weeks of age. The crossbred progenies of all the three crossbred groups were multicoloured. From the study it was concluded that all the three crossbred hens possess the characters suitable for backyard system of rearing.
Keywords: Aseel crossbreds, body weight, egg number
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Antony, S., Joseph, L. and Anitha, P. 2023. Comparative production performance of three crossbreds of Aseel. J. Vet. Anim. Sci. 54(4):1072-1078
DOI: https://doi.org/10.51966/jvas.2023.54.4.1072-1078