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Indian Journal of
Animal Research
Print ISSN: 0367-6722
Online ISSN: 0976-0555
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Kerala Veterinary and Animal Science University, Mannuthy, Thrissur, INDIA
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Indian Journal of Animal Research, volume 45 issue 4 (december 2011) : 300 - 304

EFFECT OF HATCHING EGG SIZE ON HATCHABILITY AND CHICK HATCH-WEIGHT OF INDIGENOUS VENDA CHICKENS

C.A. Mbajiorgu
1Department of Agriculture and Animal Health, University of South Africa, Private Bag X6, Florida 1710, Johannesburg, South Africa.

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Cite article:- Mbajiorgu C.A. (2025). EFFECT OF HATCHING EGG SIZE ON HATCHABILITY AND CHICK HATCH-WEIGHT OF INDIGENOUS VENDA CHICKENS. Indian Journal of Animal Research. 45(4): 300 - 304. doi: .

ABSTRACT

An experiment was conducted to determine the effect of hatching egg size on hatchability and hatch-weight of indigenous Venda chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus). Three different egg size groups classified into small: (hatchability and hatch-weight. Large-sized eggs had higher (P medium-sized eggs produced chicks with higher (Ps. Results from quadratic analysis indicated that egg weight of 67 g supported optimum hatchability while optimum-hatch weight was achieved with an egg weight of 60 g.  These values are higher than the average egg weight of 52.81 g recorded for the three different egg size groups used in the experiment. This may indicate that improvement in egg size would be needed in order to maximize the hatchability potentials and day-old chick weight in indigenous Venda chickens.

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