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Hatchability and growth performances of normal feathered local, Sasso-RIR and their F1-cross chickens managed under on-station condition in southern Ethiopia

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The Normal feathered local chicken (LL), Sasso-RIR (SRSR) and their F1-cross (LSR) chickens were hatched to evaluate for egg hatchability, body weight, feed efficiency, and survival rate. After 14 days of brooding, 150 chicks of each genotype were randomly selected and further replicated into five pens in a deep litter grower house consisting of 30 chicks each in a completely randomized design, and evaluated for a period of 16 weeks. Hatchability of fertile eggs was highest for LL (80.0%), intermediate for LSR (68.6%), and lowest for SRSR (55.9%) chickens. The body weight (BW) of chicks at 2 weeks of age was 80.0, 76.3, and 61.5 g/bird for SRSR, LSR, and LL, respectively, the latter being the lowest (p < 0.05). The respective BW at 8 weeks of age was 732, 587, and 451 g while at 18 weeks it was 1877, 1379, and 1070 g/bird and different from each other (p < 0.05). During 3- to 8-week and 9- to 18-week growth periods, the LL chickens were inferior (p < 0.05) in feed intake (29.7 and 66.9 g/d/bird) whereas the SRSR chickens were superior (p < 0.05) in body weight gain (15.5 and 16.3 g/d/bird) and feed conversion ratio (2.67 and 5.35 g feed/ g gain), respectively. The mortality rate of chicken was not affected by genotypes. It can be concluded that Sasso-RIR chicken genotype had played a significant role in upgrading the growth rate and market weight of the local normal feathered chicken without adverse effect on hatchability, feed efficiency, and survival rate.

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The authors are grateful to Southern Agricultural Research Institute for granting education leave for the first author. We also sincerely thank School of Animal and Range Sciences, College of Agriculture, Hawassa University for the research materials support.

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This study was funded by grants from the African Chickens Genetic Gain project.

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  1. School of Animal and Range Sciences, College of Agriculture, Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia

    Shewangizaw Wolde, Tadele Mirkena & Aberra Melesse

  2. Areka Agricultural Research Center, Southern Agricultural Research Institute, Areka, Ethiopia

    Shewangizaw Wolde

  3. Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

    Tadele Mirkena

  4. International Livestock Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

    Tadelle Dessie

  5. Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

    Solomon Abegaz

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• Mr Shewangizaw Wolde contributed to proposal preparation, research implementation, data collection and analysis, and report writing.

• Dr. Tadele Mirkena and Prof. Aberra Melessse contributed to comments and suggestions on research plan, supervision of actual research work, and reviewing of manuscript.

• Dr. Tadelle Dessie and Dr. Solomon Abegaz contributed to allocation of budget needed for the study and reviewing of research plan and manuscript.

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Wolde, S., Mirkena, T., Melesse, A. et al. Hatchability and growth performances of normal feathered local, Sasso-RIR and their F1-cross chickens managed under on-station condition in southern Ethiopia. Trop Anim Health Prod 53, 513 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-021-02957-z

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