ECONOMY OF PRODUCTION OF GROWING COCKERELS (9-12 WEEKS) FED MIXED SAW DUST AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR WHEAT OFFAL.

Résumé

A total of 96 day old cockerel chicks were obtained and allocated into 6 brooding units of 16 birds of 2 replicate in a complete randomized design experiment. At the 9th week the birds were moved to the rearing unit which house 16 Cockerels chickens per treatment and they were offered one of the three dietary treatment for the duration of the experiment. Experimental diets were introduced from 9-12 weeks and fed for the duration of the experiment. Three substitution level of mixed saw dust substituting wheat offal at 0, 50% and 100% levels respectively. It was discovered that the values obtained were significantly (p<0.05) difference across the dietary treatments. The lowest values ( 124.57) for the cost of feed in ( /kg) was obtained in growing cockerels fed diet 3 While the highest value ( 130.97) was obtained for the cost of feed in /kg in growing cockerels fed diet 1 The result obtained in this research showed that the lowest cost ( 12,457.00) was recorded for the production of 100kg of feed for growing cockerels fed diet 3 While the highest cost (₦13,097.00) was recorded for the production of 100kg of feed for growing cockerels fed diet 1. It could be concluded that the use of mixed saw dust as a substitute for wheat offal resulted in a decreased in the cost of growing cockerel and thereby increased the profitability of cockerel farmers/producers.