PRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE OF POULTRY ON STATE FARMS - 1983 - 1986

Abstract

Analysis was carried out on productive performance for poultry maintained for egg and meat production,, Data covered the period of 1983 to 1986 and the “birds were kept at different state poultry farms namely Addis Ababa & Debre Zeit. Overall at state poultry farms, percent infertile eggs ranged from 9°79 to 11.04, percentage hatchability out of fertile eggs from 70.72 to 86.14, percentage hatchability on total eggs set basis from 62.92 to 77.71, percent embryonic death from 13.86 to 29.28, percent day-old chick mortality from 3.23 to 3.69, baby - chick production per year from 327,988 to 495,182, table-egg production per year from 299,625 dozen to 328,862 dozen at Dembi and from 662,362 dozen to 757.626 dozen at shola, feed consumption per commercial layer / day and broiler/day from 83°3 gm to 85•5 gm at Dembi, from 85-2 gm •to 105.2 shola and from 31 = 0 gm to 43.0 gm at Lemlem respectively, market-egg production per bird/year from 138 to 147 at Dembi and from .190 to 199 at shola, percent breakage of eggs from 1.

2 to 2.2 at Dembi and from 1.5 to 2,0 at shola, percent commercial layer mortality from 14,2 to 18*4 at Dembi and from 16,0 to 22.4 at shola, percentage culling of commercial layer from 27.8 to 40.6 at Dembi, and from 12.8 to 95.8 at shola, age at first egg from 6,1 to 6.5 at Dembi and from 6.1 to 6,5 at shola, broiler meat production per year from 61,593 kg to 78,538 kg, sale of live broilers from 1942 to 13,703, percent broiler mortality from 27,0 to 33.6, percent pullet (egg type) mortality from 1 to 13.8 , percent pullet (meat type) mortality from 7.1 to 32.2, meat type hatching egg production per year from 200,312 to 340,578, feed consumption per breeder (meat type)/year from 87 gm to 146 gm„ egg production per breeder (meat type)/year from 54 to 102, percent layer (meat type) mortality per year from 26.4 to 46.8, egg type hatching egg production per year from 456,370 to 996,910, feed consumption per breeder (Egg type)/year from 105 gm to 144 gm, egg production per breeder (Egg type)/year from 147 to 153, percent layer (Egg type) mortality per year from 41,9 to 94,6, male to female ratio of meat & egg types from 1:9 and 1:9 to 1:15 and 1:9 respectively.