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http://dx.doi.org/10.5536/KJPS.2019.46.4.279

Comparison of Production Performances between Early- and Late-feathering Chickens in Parent Stocks of Korean Native Chicken  

Kim, Ki Gon (Department of Animal Science and Biotechnology, Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology)
Cho, Eun Jung (Department of Animal Science and Biotechnology, Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology)
Choi, Eun Sik (Department of Animal Science and Biotechnology, Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology)
Kwon, Jae Hyun (Department of Animal Science and Biotechnology, Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology)
Jung, Hyun Chul (Department of Animal Science and Biotechnology, Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology)
Sohn, Sea Hwan (Department of Animal Science and Biotechnology, Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology)
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Korean Journal of Poultry Science / v.46, no.4, 2019 , pp. 279-286 More about this Journal
Abstract
Currently, feather-sexing, which is based on differences in feather development at hatching, is a widely used chick sexing method in the poultry industry. For effective chicken feather-sexing, paternal early-feathering (EF) chickens and maternal late-feathering (LF) chickens must be bred. Therefore, it is critical to identify the effect of EF and LF patterns on production traits in chickens. Thus, the purpose of this study is to analyze and compare the production performances between 522 EF and 232 LF chickens in order to establish the Korean native chicken feather-sexing lines. The results showed that the survival rate of the LF group was significantly higher than that of the EF group from hatching to 52 weeks of age (P<0.05). Body weight, however, was not significantly different between the two groups at all ages. LF and EF groups did not significantly differ in age at first egg laying. However, the hen-day and hen-housed egg production of the LF group were significantly higher than those of EF group (P<0.01). No significant differences were found between the EF and LF groups in all egg quality indicators such as egg weight, eggshell color, albumin height and Haugh unit. Because the breeding target of Korean native commercial chicken is meat-type chicken, feather-sexing strains of Korean native chicken should be established using weighing-based paternal EF lines and laying-based maternal LF lines. Therefore, these results are critical for establishing desirable and effective feather-sexing strains.
Keywords
Korean native chickens; feather-sexing; early-feathering; late-feathering; production performances;
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