Laying Performance of Chicken Fed with Ginger Powder

Medelyn   A. Aglipay,; Cynthia  M. Rodriguez,

Laying Performance of Chicken Fed with Ginger Powder

Abstract:

This study was conducted to determine the laying performance of layer chickens supplemented with different levels of ginger powder in terms of henhoused egg production( HHEP) in percent, quality of egg, feed conversion ratio (FCR) and cost of feed to produce a dozen egg. Two-hundred forty head readyto-lay pullets (Babcock White) at 28 weeks were used in a Randomized Complete Block Design with four treatments replicated thrice. The treatments used were: T0-(control) pure commercial ration(PCR); T1-PCR + 1% ginger powder(GP); T2- PCR + 2% (GP); T3- PCR + 3% (GP). Egg production of the experimental birds were conducted in 12 months. Results showed that supplementing layer chickens with 1% to 3% ginger powder resulted to a generally higher monthly HHEP(%) compared to the control birds. Supplementation of ginger powder from 1% - 3% resulted to higher percentage of large, medium and small eggs. Better FCR was also noted in birds supplemented with ginger powder resulting to lower cost of feed to produce a dozen eggs. Supplementation of ginger powder at 1% can be used to layer chicken for better performance.

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