Vol. 9, Issue 5, Part J (2024)

Author(s): SL Barkade, DS Chauhan, SS Eerabattini, MS Malve and MG Tayade

Abstract: Evaluation of Growth in Grampriya poultry fed with poha Mill Waste concluded that the average initial body weight day old experimental chicks in different treatments i.e. T₁, T₂, T₃ and T₄ groups were found as 33.48, 33.10, 33.22 and 33.30 g, respectively. The average body weight of experimental chicks at 10th week was 1379.75, 1432.61, 1595.77 and 1487.06 g respectively. The weekly body weight changes of chicks indicated no significant difference among various treatment groups during the first week of the experiment. At the end of the tenth week, significantly (p<0.05%) higher body weight gain in the T₃ (1595.77 g) group was recorded. The weekly live body weight gain of chicks indicated (P<0.05) significant difference among various treatment groups during the first week to tenth week of the experiment. In the tenth week, significantly (p<0.05%) higher body weight gain in the T₃ was recorded. The overall average feed intake of the birds during experiment for treatment T₁, T₂, T₃ and T₄ were 3564.76, 3391.42, 3325.45 and 3278.15 g, respectively. However, the difference was significant of the feed consumption in all the treatment groups during experimental period of ten weeks. The average feed intake of the birds at tenth weeks of age during experiment for treatment T₀, T₁, T₂ and T₃ were 576.15, 565.74, 558.46 and 571.30 g, respectively. However, the difference was significant of the feed intake in all the treatment groups for the entire experimental period. All treatments were significant during upto ten week’s period. Statistically the significant (P<0.05%) difference was observed in FCR for all the weeks. The feed conversion ratio of all weeks for treatment T₁, T₂, T₃ and T₄ were 2.75, 2.29, 2.25 and 2.62 respectively. Statistically better FCR was recorded in T₃ treatment as compared to other treatments.