ABSTRACT
The 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 (FUNAAB 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 not significantly different with the mean body weight of the FUNAAB 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 FUNAAB Alpha. |
