Animal Husbandry and Feed Science ›› 2017, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (8): 64-64.doi: 10.12160/j.issn.1672-5190.2017.08.019

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Introduction and Feeding Experiment of Wenshang Barred Chicken

LOU Li-feng, WANG Huan-huan, ZHANG Xue-dong, FAN Jing-hui, GE Ying (Hangzhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310024, China)   

  • Online:2017-08-20 Published:2017-08-20

Abstract: In this study, a total of 2 000 breeding eggs of Wenshang Barred chicken were introduced to Hangzhou region and 1 520 chicks were obtained after hatching. The chicks were reared on ground during the brooding period ( 1-35 days of age); a scattered feeding + supplementary feeding pattern was used during the growing period (36-154 days of age); captive raising pattern with three-step cages were employed during the laying period ( 169-301 days of age). The chicken flocks were routinely immunized. At the first laying age, the body weight of the hens was 1 213 g and that of the cocks was 1 810 g; the egg weight at forty-three-week of age was 49.7 g; the body weight of the adult hens was 1 595 g and that of the adult cocks was 2 249 g.

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