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Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Year: 2002 | Volume: 5 | Issue: 3 | Page No.: 346-347
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2002.346.347
Hatching Performance of Broiler Parent Stocks as Affected by Seasons under Bangladesh Conditions
M. E. Hossain, S. D. Chowdhury, S. C. Das, H. Khatun and L. Asad

Abstract: Hatching performance of eggs of two broiler parent stocks was investigated in three different seasons of the year under Bangladesh conditions. Two strains of broiler breeder flocks were reared separately on floor from 22 to 48 weeks of age and eggs laid by these birds during spring, summer and monsoon were considered for this study. Each season was treated as treatment with 4 sets, each of 50 eggs as replicates within a treatment. One thousand two hundred hatching eggs (600 from Starbro and 600 from ISA MPK) were incubated in a James-way forced-draft electric incubator and the required records were kept during incubation and following taking out of hatches. The results of the experiment showed that hatching performance of eggs from Starbro was significantly better in spring than those observed during summer and monsoon. The hatchability results from ISA MPK also showed trends similar to Starbro but data did not differ significantly among seasons of the year. It may be concluded from the study that it is better to consider hatching of large number of eggs during spring if the broiler parents are reared in open-sided house.

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M. E. Hossain, S. D. Chowdhury, S. C. Das, H. Khatun and L. Asad, 2002. Hatching Performance of Broiler Parent Stocks as Affected by Seasons under Bangladesh Conditions. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 5: 346-347.

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