Effect Of Day Old Body Weight On Growth Performance And Body Linear Measurements Of Ross 308 Broilers

 ABSTRACT An experiment was conducted on 126 unsexed commercial broilers (Ross 308). Birds were individually weighed and grouped according to their body weight at day old. They were assigned to three (3) groups according to their body weight (i.e. 39grams and below, between 40-42grams and above 43grams and above). Each chick was wing tagged and tag number recorded according to group. All chicks were fed the same diet and they were weighed at the end of every week. At eight weeks of age, the body linear measurement was taken on all birds in each group.). In this study, the variable used were; B…