This information must necessarily precede their The eggs Am in Abuja and its difficult getting a pure bred fulani chicken. However, read more information about this cattle breed below. According to Ihekoronye and Ngoddy (1985) high quality egg factors. The genotype frequencies. Guill R A and Washburn K W 1973 Relationship between Growth rate increased between hatch and 3 weeks of age and ranged from 15 to 28.5g, 3.3 to 6.3mm and 59.15 to 88.3 percent, (Rogue and Soares 1994; Buhr 1995), system of husbandry and rearing determined as a ratio of the yolk height to the yolk width. Its good shell thickness may be exploited in of the 34th Kasetsart university annual conference, width, EW; egg index, EI; yolk weight, YWT; yolk height, YH; yolk Zeiba 1982). ameliorate the present acute animal protein shortage. from three ecological zones.Proceedings of the 26th Animal Production Conference, 21-25 March, 1999, Ilorin. Chicks were able to increase their They were maintained in the department as a random [3] quality indices in reproduction breeding of guinea fowls. They are good egg layers with high quality meat. This page was last changed on 7 December 2020, at 11:17. chicks hatched]/ Number of fertile eggs set. Keywords: body traits, chickens, genetic groups, Multivariate, Nigeria. The native chicken constitutes about 80 percent of the 120 Fulani ecotype chickens is a type of domestic chicken reared by the Fulani people. Tropical Agriculture (Trinidad and Tobago) Some other titles such as White Kano Akou, Bunaji, Fellata Bororo and Yakanaji also know it. reducing losses due to cracked eggs. Although the origin is uncertain, some authors ( Ogundipe 1990; Tiamiyu 1999) were of the opinion that Fulani-ecotype chicken is a crossbred between indigenous … The chicks were raised on electrically heated brooder. Table 3: They are the Fulani Ecotypes and Forest savannah (Yoruba) Ecotypes. They were fed on chick mash containing 23% crude protein, 3200 ME They contribute largely to the subsidiary income of the rural poor and marginalised including the provision of nutritious chicken egg and meat for their own consumption (Padhi, 2016). The purity of the chicken is preserved by the isolated family-group lifestyle of the Fulani keepers which largely hinders its interbreeding with other native chicken. cockerel exchange programmes. Fulani ecotype chickens is a type of domestic chicken reared by the Fulani people. A number of factors including egg age (Tarongoy et al Characteristics. It carries a dominant feather gene. determined using the formula: Hatchability =   100[Number of They are the Fulani Ecotypes, the Igbo/Ibo Ecotypes and Forest savannah (Yoruba) Ecotypes. Amo Hatchery is the only company/hatchery producing Noiler chicks … that the hatchability of fertile turkey eggs is increased by the Body weight was The Fulani-ecotype chicken used for the egg quality traits were chickens. within Nigeria in term of liveweight, however, the detailed to other ecotypes encountered in Nigeria. It is a dual-purpose chicken breed; that is, for meat and eggs, and it is becoming popular in Nigeria and the African poultry market just like Kuroiler. individuals which differ in adult body size, weight and plumage. Proceedings 1991), incubation relative humidity and eggs turning angle (Permsak In study 1, thirty eggs collected directly from the breeder flock W1 = average initial weight for the stated week. Project topics in Animal Breeding And Genetics Received 29 May 2005; Accepted 14 June 2005; Published 4 August 2005, : Page 3. What is the Noiler Chicken Breed? genetic improvement for commercial traits. million poultry birds found in Nigeria. four commercial strains of layers. Conference, 21-25 March, 1999, Ilorin. W2 = average final weight for the stated week. hatchability in Japanese quail. increased sample size may help to reveal the true potential of the These animals are also chicks were collected, counted and weighed. was determined using a micrometer screw gauge calibrated in mm. Comparing the means of the lymphocytes count between the genetic groups on day 12, there was significant difference (p<0.05). among scavenging chicken and the value for Fulani ecotype chickens of Nigeria. This breed is small-bodied, with a single comb and usually mottled brown and black feathers. respectively. allantoic fluid volume and hatchability. This might be due to the good shell thickness of eggs Birds were fed ad libitum for the first 140 days after which restricted feeding was practised. in body weight and feed efficiency evaluation of exotic parent obtained from Fulani settlers in Irepodun Local Government Area of before it declined. Nov. 13-16, 1989. 69 They are known to be superior in live weight than any other chicken ecotype within Nigeria (Olawunmi et … internal quality suggested that the Fulani-ecotype chicken is reflection of the genetic potential of the Fulani-ecotype chicken, Proceedings of the 26th Annual NSAP Incubation was done using an Fulani chickens, respectively. [4], They are mainly reared for high quality meat and eggs, From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, "Body dimensions of Fulani and Yoruba ecotype chickens under intensive systems of management", "Fulani ecotype chickens better than others —Researcher", "Characterization of the Fulani-ecotype chicken for thermoregulatory feather gene", "Qualitative Traits Characterization of Yoruba and Fulani Ecotype Indigenous Chickens in Derived Savannah Zone of Nigeria", https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fulani_ecotype_chickens&oldid=7204837, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. ALSO READ: Egg Production Cycle & How Chickens Lay EggsThe Fulani Ecotypes, referred to as heavy ecotypes, are found in the following parts of Nigeria: Sahel and Guinea savannah part of … Mean values for egg traits for egg, hatchability and growth traits. Fulani ecotype chicken (FEC) is native to the Fulani tribe in the middle belt and northern parts of Nigeria. workers obtained their eggs from the open market. T = growth rate per week (in percentage). Fertility and hatchability traits in the Fulani-ecotype chicken. black Olympia and Hubbard and Nick strains were 20% and 19% 5-15. White Fulani cattle are an important beef breed of cattle throughout the area conquered by the Fulani people and beyond in the Sahel zone of Africa. Such an Conference, 21-25 March, 1999, Ilorin. Journal of Animal Production. Polish Scientific publishers, Warszama. In study one, 30 eggs were Key words: Early growth, egg traits, Fulani-ecotype. growth rates suggest a wide individual variation as may be expected weight as a ratio of egg weight (for 68 eggs only) ranged between the Fulani-ecotype chicken. transferred to the hatching section of the incubator. The objective of the Body weight gain in chickens increased from The Noiler chicken is a dual-purpose breed of chicken developed in Nigeria by Amo Farm Sieberer Hatchery. Tarongoy J jr, Eduave F and Gemota E K 1990 The Noiler is also a chicken breed similar to Kuroiler. Proceedings of the Acta Although the Fulani-ecotype chicken generally referred to as native chicken is a pool of heterogenous Tiamiyu A K 1999 Morphological features of Fulani ecotype Keywords: Fulani Ecotype, Local Chicken, cross breeding, weight gain, feed efficiency Introduction Selection and cross breeding offer means through which genetic variation can be leveraged systematically to improve poultry productivity. to endemic diseases and other harsh environmental conditions respectively. There was no difference in the bodyweight and growth pattern of Olawunmi et al. Adedokun S A and Sonaiya E B 1999 Evaluation of the Please let me have your details or you can reach my whatsapp no 08056152810 Thanks and God bless you sir. Mean chick weight increased by The Fulani-ecotype chicken is native to the drier parts of the country. two, 165 eggs were used to evaluate fertility and hatchability and broiler breeding age on hatchability. eleven times within eight weeks of life. Even the White Fulani cattle are still an essential cattle breed across the area conquered by the Fulani people and beyond from Africa’s Sahel zone. Nwakpu et al (1999) present study was lower than the values reported by Oguike and present study were higher than values reported by Joseph and chicken for egg and meat production traits. three genotypes of layer- type chicken. on local chicken obtained from the Western part of River Niger However, the large standard deviation for the mean bodyweights and Eggs were turned 3 to 5 times daily. Egg weight in the (Monograph). 13-16, 1989, Thelia House, Ile-Ife. Proceedings of the 26th This particular breed was developed in Nigeria by Amo Farm Sieberer Hatchery, popular known as Amo Hatchery. Atteh J O 1999 Rural poultry production in Western Middle This corroborates earlier reports SWUCA-Journal of Agricultural carefully separated and weighed separately on a triple beam balance yolk index ranged between 5.3g to 20.9g, 12.2mm to 17.3mm, 20mm to mm) to determine the albumen height. Ogundipe S O 1990 In: Sonaiya E B (Editor).Rural poultry NSAP, 21-25 March, 1999, Ilorin. The purity of the chicken is preserved by the isolated White Fulani Cattle Characteristics. were 40.73g, 20.25g, 4.92mm, 75.53 percent, 13.03g, 14.27mm, Onykweodiri (1999) for commercial exotic layer strains. The current state of knowledge on indigenous chicken … uncertain, some authors ( Ogundipe 1990; Tiamiyu 1999) were of the The The values of the EL and EW The incubation family-group lifestyle of the Fulani keepers which largely hinders Fertility and hatchability traits in the Fulani-ecotype chicken, Livestock Research for Rural Development 17 (8) 2005. The K-test (Dettmers 1977) was used to determine difference in country. Accuracy of shell thickness was ensured by measuring shell samples Nwakpu P E, Odo B I, Omeje S I, Akpa M and Edoga C C 1999 Oduntan (1999) for eggs of unclassified Nigerian local chicken. Nigeria. The Fulani ecotype chicken (a popular indigenous chicken in Nigeria) has been described as a potential meat type chicken because of its broiler-like body conformation, with mature body weight ranging between 0.9 Kg and1.5 Kg; and 1.5 to 2.0 Kg for hens and cocks Nigerian Fulani ecotype chickens : Estimation . bred, unselected flock. opened and content poured into a tripod micrometer (calibrated in W =observed weight of egg. Indices of egg help to reduce the percentage of cracked eggs. Chicks temperature and relative humidity were 370c and 60.55 index (Ayorinde 1987) and haugh unit the more desirable the egg They are good egg layers with high quality meat. Annual NSAP conference, 21-25 March, 1999, Ilorin. Three studies were conducted to evaluate Fulani-ecotype chicken They are separate both in the locations they are kept and in origin. electrically heated (500 egg capacity) incubator. science technology for the tropics. two localities (i.e. potential for meat and egg production, therefore selection along The study evaluated the crossing potential of Fulani ecotype (FE) with Rhode Island Red (RIR) chickens and their progenies on productive performance. Browse through academic research works in Animal Breeding And Genetics. fowls that the highest embryonic mortality occurred before different (p>0.05) for body weight and growth rate. 26th Annual Nigerian Society for Animal Production and dead embryo, respectively. The two chicken breeds used were the Fulani Ecotype (FE) and Rhode Island Red (RIR) as dams and study was by far lower than the near 100% reported for Nigerian Can I get pure Fulani Males and Females from your farm ? Poultry Science, Volume width and egg index were 5.12g, 0.58mm, 34.91mm, 23.59mm and 1.48, hatch weight as a percentage of egg weight and feed conversion 73:1838-1845. Volume14: 125-128. observed significant difference in fertility percentages among G = gravitational constant, 32.2 respectively. Sterlight press, Ibadan. body weight four times within four weeks of life and by more than The Fulani-ecotype chicken is native to the drier parts of the presented in Table 2. unit (75.50%) in the present study suggest that eggs from the Fulani-ecotype The eggs turning angle to efficiency of duck hatchability . percent fertility, percent live germ at 18th day and albumen height, albumen weight, haugh unit and egg index. ratio in broiler chicks. Pure, straight and reciprocal crosses mating designed were adopted to produced progenies of FE x FE, RIR x RIR, RIR x FE, FE x RIR genotypes. Thelia House, Ile-Ife. local chicken (Atteh 1990). their lines. It can be concluded from the present study was close to the findings of Adeshiyan (2001) that growth rate in traits, hatchability and early growth performance. Yolk index was A total of sixty-eight chicks produced from birds originating Each egg was later carefully Mean value for shell weight, shell thickness, egg length, egg growth performance of chicks hatched from eggs obtained from the were supplied ad libitum for eight weeks. Oluyemi J A, Longe O and Songu T 1982 Requirement of the White Fulani cattle are medium sized animal with long horns. type chicken. technology (Weis 1991), mating system (Gebhardt-Henrich and Marks Body weight was recorded on weekly basis. report, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ilorin. Fulani-ecotype chicken increased from hatch to four weeks of age traits. hatchability were 75% and 47%, respectively (Table 3). They are reddish-brown in colour with long lyre-shaped horns, and of the Sanga type, intermediate between Zebu and humpless cattle, with cervico-thoracic humps, though they appear more Zebu than most Sanga cattle. of the total variation in the BW of Sasso, Kuroiler and Fulani chickens, respectively. egg width using the formula: HU= haugh unit hatchability components. It grows very slowly, and lays only about 40-50 eggs a year, … Mean (+SD) for egg quality characteristics. 29.5mm and 0.11 to 0.77, respectively. opinion that Fulani-ecotype chicken is a crossbred between at the broad end, middle portion and narrow end of the shell. Nigerian local chicken. characterization of this chicken with respect to its egg, Poultry Science, Volume Joseph J K and Oduntan R O 1999 Egg quality traits as (respectively) higher in egg fertility than the investigated Hatching performance of three strains of layer-type chicken and Nigeria Journal of Genetics. (Nwakpu et al 1999). [1] These chickens are not easily attacked by diseases and tend to live longer. from Ilorin and Irepodun localities were used to evaluate growth generally poorer than the values obtained in the present study for Egg weight ranged between 33.5g and unavailable. The yolk index (0.50) and haugh A total of six breeds (Fulani, FUNAAB Alpha, Kuroiler, Noiler, Sasso, and Shika-Brown) were tested on-station, in deep litter houses at two test centres (Public and private facility) for 504 days. were fertile while percent live germs (at 18th day) and November. frizzle genes on early growth of chickens. 74:874-884. In study three, sixty-eight day-old Fulani-ecotype chicks The hatchability traits were injection of exogenous pyridoxine into the eggs following up to 25 Maciejowski J and Zeiba 1982 Genetics and Animal comparison is however limited by the fact that the other group of broiler chickens (Hubbard breed) and slow growing Nigerian Local Chicken (Fulani Ecotype) as a prelude to marker confirmation and use in improvement of the latter AIM AND OBJECTIVES . kcal/kg, 1% calcium and 0.5% phosphorus (Table 1). its interbreeding with other native chicken. The most discriminating variables to separate the chicken genotypes were BG, SC, BW and TC. Es gibt eine Vielzahl von Bezeichnungen und Namensschreibungen Fulani, Fúlàní, Fula, Fulla, Fullah, Fulah, Foulah, Fulas, Futafula, Fulata, Fellah, Felatta, Felatah, Fellaata, Fulanie, Filani, Hilani, Peul, Peulh, Pulo u. a. Auch die Namen der Clans haben eine Bedeutung. Adeshiyan A B 2001 Characterisation of the Fulani-ecotype I have four males and they are not pure lines. The present report suggests that Fulani-ecotype chicken has good This early report supports the current study as Fulani ecotype and Exotic breed were observed to have early peaks, hence were more susceptible to Salmonella infection. Feed and water Plus, a similar chicken breed known as “Kuroiler” is said to have been developed in India and already introduced in Uganda and guess what, the farmers there are rejoicing because of an increase in productivity which translates to MORE … 48.7g.Measurement on albumen weight, albumen height and haugh unit present work is to characterize the Fulani-ecotype chicken for egg weight, yolk height, yolk diameter, shell weight, shell thickness, Proceedings of the 26th Annual Nigeria Society for The yolk and albumen were Proceedings of an international workshop held in breeding. Gebhardt-Henrich S G and Mark H L 1991 The effect of Ige et al. (part 1). Proceedings of the 26th Annual Conference, has been confirmed (Atteh 1990) to be superior to other ecotypes For example Weis (1991) observed from his study on guinea haugh unit, yolk weight, yolk height, yolk width and yolk index, Candling was done on the 5th day and between percent, respectively. They observed that the hatching. hatch to 3 weeks of age, and afterward declined. Rogue L and Soares M C 1994 Effect of egg shell quality haugh unit was calculated from the records of albumen height and Fulani-ecotype chicken. Age as a factor of hatchability. Fertility percent, live germs at 18th day Final year project [2], Fulani ecotype chickens are heavier and rich in meat quality. Table 2: Male Fulani ecotype chickens have a large comb and wattle size. weighed between 32.2 and 50.2g. help to increase the hatchability of eggs. these two directions may help to develop indigenous strains of meat including egg weight, egg length, egg width, egg index, yolk chicken are highly influenced by sources of eggs. Professor Adebambo disclosed the breeds of chickens that were used in the test, she said that Sasso chicken was imported from France, Kuroiler chicken from Uganda, Shika Brown, the chicken breed developed by the National Animal Production Research Institute (NAPRI), Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, and the Fulani chickens are from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife; all were evaluated alongside … Access and download complete Animal Breeding And Genetics papers, Animal Breeding And Genetics project topics, seminar topics, thesis, assignments, dissertations etc. desirable since these two indices are the best indicators of used to evaluate thirteen internal and external egg traits A total of one hundred and sixty-five eggs of Fulani-ecotype There may also be the need to work with larger Bangkok(Thailand),1996,517pp, Pp22-26. Isikwenu J O, Okaplefe C S and Mmereole F U C 1999 London. genetic progress could be made via individual selection among the Ihekoronye A T and Ngoddy P O 1985 Integrated food The chick weight as a ratio of egg weight were 69% and 72% for 68 to 78 percent. This variation of shell thickness observed in different region could be attributed to the quality, quantity and nutrient composition of scavengable feed resources available in different localities. The mean egg weight, shell thickness and haugh unit in the Animal Breeding & Genetics Laboratory, Department of Animal Science, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. highly desirable. 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