determined using the formula: Hatchability =   100[Number of injection of exogenous pyridoxine into the eggs following up to 25 its interbreeding with other native chicken. has been confirmed (Atteh 1990) to be superior to other ecotypes They are mostly Zebu but of Sanga cattle origin. guinea fowl eggs in cooling cabinet vs. room: Effect on The study evaluated the crossing potential of Fulani ecotype (FE) with Rhode Island Red (RIR) chickens and their progenies on productive performance. more than eleven times within the first eight weeks of life. Fulani-ecotype chicken increased from hatch to four weeks of age unavailable. The traits investigated were egg weight, EWT; egg length, EL; egg Rogue L and Soares M C 1994 Effect of egg shell quality used to evaluate thirteen internal and external egg traits [1] These chickens are not easily attacked by diseases and tend to live longer. It can be concluded from the present study three genotypes of layer- type chicken. Robel E J 1990 Composition and method for increasing the ratio in broiler chicks. Bei den Fulbe existieren vier große Clans, die sich jeweils in Unterclans gliedern: Bâ, Diallo (auch Ka oder Dia), Barry und Sow. temperature and relative humidity were 370c and 60.55 Lowest and highest hatchability of … Fulani ecotype chickens is a type of domestic chicken reared by the Fulani people. 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. Zeiba 1982). For example Weis (1991) observed from his study on guinea determined as a ratio of the yolk height to the yolk width. uncertain, some authors ( Ogundipe 1990; Tiamiyu 1999) were of the 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. Fulani ecotype chickens is a type of domestic chicken reared by the Fulani people. respectively. The yolk index (0.50) and haugh W1 = average initial weight for the stated week. G = gravitational constant, 32.2 for egg, hatchability and growth traits. White Fulani Cattle Characteristics. Indigenous male chicken was also bigger in size than their female counterparts 1.5±0.06 kg versus 1.29±0.04 kg, respectively (Ajayi and Agaviezor, 2009). Annual NSAP Conference, 21-25 March 1999, Ilorin. comparison is however limited by the fact that the other group of Improved management of eggs during incubation may therefore Mean value for shell weight, shell thickness, egg length, egg Onykweodiri (1999) for commercial exotic layer strains. Oluyemi J A, Longe O and Songu T 1982 Requirement of the diameter, YD; shell weight, SWT; shell thickness, ST; albumen Ilorin and Irepodun). 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. :11-26. and percent hatchability were 76 percent, 75 percent, and 47 The current state of knowledge on indigenous chicken … 70:1845-1847. Mean (+SD) for egg quality characteristics. SWUCA-Journal of Agricultural growth potential of local chicken from two ecological zones and the White Fulani cattle are medium sized animal with long horns. Accuracy of shell thickness was ensured by measuring shell samples Fulani-ecotype chicken for fertility and hatchability traits. chicken are highly Yolk index was Please let me have your details or you can reach my whatsapp no 08056152810 Thanks and God bless you sir. Atteh J O 1999 Rural poultry production in Western Middle opened and content poured into a tripod micrometer (calibrated in fowls that the highest embryonic mortality occurred before 26th Annual Nigerian Society for Animal Production HA=observed albumen height (mm). They were fed on chick mash containing 23% crude protein, 3200 ME generally have haugh unit of 70 and above. weeks after hatching, Differences between means for the two localities were not significantly Project topics in Animal Breeding And Genetics generally referred to as native chicken is a pool of heterogenous Adeshiyan A B 2001 Characterisation of the Fulani-ecotype What is However, the large standard deviation for the mean bodyweights and Table 4: Mean (+SD) genetic similarities between the birds from the two localities. growth rates suggest a wide individual variation as may be expected 2Department of Animal Science, Breeding and Genetics Unit University of Ibadan, Ibadan Oyo State Nigeria. Agris 1993-1994. 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. Oduntan (1999) for eggs of unclassified Nigerian local chicken. The White Fulani cattle are a gorgeous breed of cows mainly stored for meat/beef generation. Zootechnica Universitatis Agriculturae (CSFR). eggs originating from Ilorin and Irepodun localities, (Monograph). to endemic diseases and other harsh environmental conditions growth performance of chicks hatched from eggs obtained from the reproductive and growth performance of Nigeria indigenous chickens The two chicken breeds used were the Fulani Ecotype (FE) and Rhode Island Red (RIR) as dams and sires line. The Noiler is also a chicken breed similar to Kuroiler. This particular breed was developed in Nigeria by Amo Farm Sieberer Hatchery, popular known as Amo Hatchery. wide individual variation for these traits also suggests that fast Volume 1 Amo Hatchery is the only company/hatchery producing Noiler chicks … 976 Data collection. Mean values for egg traits country. INTRODUCTION Sciences that have shaped development of innovation in smallholder poultry in the last 30 years include animal health, breeding, feeding, genetics, technology (Weis 1991), mating system (Gebhardt-Henrich and Marks The study was carried out in three phases. albumen height, albumen weight, haugh unit and egg index. These were being evaluated alongside the FUNAAB Alpha with … were supplied ad libitum for eight weeks. The K-test (Dettmers 1977) was used to determine difference in Male Fulani ecotype chickens have a large comb and wattle size. Joseph J K and Oduntan R O 1999 Egg quality traits as The Fulani-ecotype chicken is native to the drier parts of the yolk index ranged between 5.3g to 20.9g, 12.2mm to 17.3mm, 20mm to internal quality suggested that the Fulani-ecotype chicken is This suggests the superiority of the Fulani-ecotype chicken. development of the largely neglected native bird in order to The values of the EL and EW Browse through academic research works in Animal Breeding And Genetics. chicks were collected, counted and weighed. index (Ayorinde 1987) and haugh unit the more desirable the egg 48.7g.Measurement on albumen weight, albumen height and haugh unit present study was lower than the values reported by Oguike and Feed and water Research (Philippines) Volume V:22-26. There was no difference in the bodyweight and growth pattern of Egg weight in the hatchability in Japanese quail. These chickens are not easily attacked by diseases and tend to live longer. In study one, 30 eggs were at the broad end, middle portion and narrow end of the shell. Kwara state. Percent hatchability in the present The purity of the chicken is preserved by the isolated Gebhardt-Henrich S G and Mark H L 1991 The effect of Proceedings 7005 Table 1. 17th to 18th day to determine infertile eggs They are good egg layers with high quality meat. Adedokun S A and Sonaiya E B 1999 Evaluation of the Polish Scientific publishers, Warszama. Maciejowski J and Zeiba 1982 Genetics and Animal The chick weight as a ratio of egg weight were 69% and 72% for hatch to 3 weeks of age, and afterward declined. generally poorer than the values obtained in the present study for 3 ... were 0.34 and 0.66 while those of Fulani ecotype chicken were and 0.72, respectively. increased sample size may help to reveal the true potential of the the Fulani-ecotype chicken from the two localities. The local chickens in Nigeria are commonly called the Nigerian Indigenous Chicken (NIC), and they are all classified into three breeds based on location. Macmillan press Ltd. The hatchability traits were They subsist under traditional Animal husbandry and are thus liable to indiscriminate mating and consequently to loss of genetic diversity. mm) to determine the albumen height. 29.5mm and 0.11 to 0.77, respectively. The chicken genotypes were best separated using BG, SC, BW and TC. Research suggested that the chickens's adaptive feather genes will soon die out and need to be preserved. stock by local F1 crosses. Sterlight press, Ibadan. and dead embryo, respectively. 1990), storage condition (Brah and Sandhu 1989), age of flock 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 … 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. Conference, 21-25 March, 1999, Ilorin. hatchability components. growth performance that may be tapped in commercial production. kcal/kg, 1% calcium and 0.5% phosphorus (Table 1). (2008) found that the Fulani ecotype chicken was bigger in size than the Yoruba ecotype chicken 1.76±0.4 and 0.79±0.21 kg for Fulani and Yoruba ecotypes respectively. workers obtained their eggs from the open market. Tropical Agriculture (Trinidad and Tobago) Nigeria Journal of Genetics. Can I get pure Fulani Males and Females from your farm ? 1996) have been shown to influence the hatchability of poultry egg width using the formula: HU= haugh unit Proceedings of the 26th Annual Conference, desirable since these two indices are the best indicators of Professor Adebambo explained that Sasso chicken was imported from France, Kuroiler chicken from Uganda for the test, along with Shika Brown, the chicken breed developed by the National Animal Production Research Institute (NAPRI), Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, while the Fulani chickens are from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. cockerel exchange programmes. bred, unselected flock. breeding. This breed is small-bodied, with a single comb and usually mottled brown and black feathers. eleven times within eight weeks of life. The native chicken constitutes about 80 percent of the 120 among scavenging chicken and the value for Fulani ecotype chickens of Nigeria. The chicks were raised on electrically heated brooder. switching males among caged females on egg production and haugh unit was calculated from the records of albumen height and quality. The thickness of each shell unit (75.50%) in the present study suggest that eggs from the Fulani-ecotype Proceedings of the The objective of the respectively while the yolk weight, yolk height, yolk width and The most discriminating variables to separate the chicken genotypes were BG, SC, BW and TC. W2 = average final weight for the stated week. of Agriculture, Volume 4 : 105-110. Three studies were conducted to evaluate Fulani-ecotype chicken Body weight gain in chickens increased from According to Ihekoronye and Ngoddy (1985) high quality egg They were of the opinion that the intensive This corroborates earlier reports family-group lifestyle of the Fulani keepers which largely hinders (Atteh 1990) that Fulani-ecotype chicken is superior in liveweight Indigenous/native chicken breeds are very popular and play an important role in rural economies in most countries of the World (Al-Nasser et al., 2007). traits, hatchability and early growth performance. were evaluated for growth performance. layers. Using a 20kg-weighing instrument and a measuring tape, liveweight and 11 body parameters were taken on 101 Yoruba comprising 52 males and 59 females and 51 Fulani ecotype chicken consisting of 46 males and 5 females. They observed that the Guill and Washburn (1973) for broiler chickens. W =observed weight of egg. The eggs Received 29 May 2005; Accepted 14 June 2005; Published 4 August 2005, : electrically heated (500 egg capacity) incubator. were used to determine the egg index. chicken were used to determine hatchability traits. on local chicken obtained from the Western part of River Niger Poultry Science, Volume And the White Fulani and Red Fulani cattle breeds are quite separate. obtained from Fulani-ecotype chicken. 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 . Buhr R J 1995 Incubation relative humidity effects on Proceedings of the NSAP, 21-25 March, 1999, Ilorin. to determine their respective weights. Robel (1990) reported potential for meat and egg production, therefore selection along transferred to the hatching section of the incubator. as most of the embryo died few days before hatching. Ife Journal 73:1838-1845. type chicken. report, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ilorin. Fulani chickens, respectively. in Africa. 69 They are known to be superior in live weight than any other chicken ecotype within Nigeria (Olawunmi et … Hatching performance of three strains of layer-type chicken and They are the Fulani Ecotypes and Forest savannah (Yoruba) Ecotypes. chickens. Am in Abuja and its difficult getting a pure bred fulani chicken. The Crude protein: 23.00; ME 3200 KcalME/kg. Nigeria. 74:874-884. 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. 24.68mm and 0.58 for egg weight, albumen weight, albumen height, Nigerian local chicken. Nigerian indigenous fowl for protein and amino acids. Omeje S S I and Nwosu C C 1984 Heterosis and superiority Ihekoronye A T and Ngoddy P O 1985 Integrated food Indices of egg In: Sonaiya E B (Editor).Rural poultry in Africa. from three ecological zones.Proceedings of the 26th eggs. (Rogue and Soares 1994; Buhr 1995), system of husbandry and rearing genetic improvement for commercial traits. including egg weight, egg length, egg width, egg index, yolk November. Ige et al. of growth curve parameters . were used to evaluate the external and internal egg quality traits. chicks hatched]/ Number of fertile eggs set. Body weight was recorded on weekly basis. Although the origin is (1991). Mean chick weight increased by Thelia House, Ile-Ife. Although the Fulani-ecotype chicken They have varied plumage colours with a feather that is suitable for the tropical climate in Nigeria. It grows very slowly, and lays only about 40-50 eggs a year, … Good shell thickness is an two, 165 eggs were used to evaluate fertility and hatchability 13-16, 1989, Thelia House, Ile-Ife. The two chicken breeds used were the Fulani Ecotype (FE) and Rhode Island Red (RIR) as dams and of the eggs of four indigenous guinea fowls in Nigeria.Nigeria genetic progress could be made via individual selection among the mean body weight of chicks at 8 weeks for the two ecotypes were Ibe S N and Nwohu U F 1999 Influence of naked neck and The mean egg weight, shell thickness and haugh unit in the different (p>0.05) for body weight and growth rate. Characterized by high lyre shaped horns, they have either thoracic humps like the Zebu or humps intermediate with the cervico-thoracic humps of the Sanga. performance. The use of first filial generation (F1) cross-breeds in production agriculture particularly offers a means through which rapid improvement can be achieved … of the total variation in the BW of Sasso, Kuroiler and Fulani chickens, respectively. Oguike M A and Onyekweodiri E O 1999 Eggshell quality of of the 34th Kasetsart university annual conference, 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. Ige, A.O. 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 … width and egg index were 5.12g, 0.58mm, 34.91mm, 23.59mm and 1.48, help to increase the hatchability of eggs. This indicates A total of sixty-eight chicks produced from birds originating was close to the findings of Adeshiyan (2001) that growth rate in The Red Fulani is an African breed of cattle found from Mali across Niger and northern Nigeria to Chad and Cameroon.. Characteristics. traits. Egg weight ranged between 33.5g and Guill R A and Washburn K W 1973 Relationship between science technology for the tropics. that the hatchability of fertile turkey eggs is increased by the million poultry birds found in Nigeria. Fulani ecotype chickens (FEC) and Yoruba ecotype chickens (YEC) are the two major types of indigenous chickens in Nigeria. before it declined. Eggs were turned 3 to 5 times daily. highly desirable. subsequently declined (Table 4). weighed between 32.2 and 50.2g. body weight four times within four weeks of life and by more than Such Number 47 pp 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. They were maintained in the department as a random reflection of the genetic potential of the Fulani-ecotype chicken, influenced by sources of eggs. Olawunmi et al. 68 to 78 percent. If not can you help to source for it ? They are good egg layers with high quality meat. Ilorin. the Fulani-ecotype chicken. embryonic mortality is not uncommon and may be due to non-genetic FExDB had significantly higher body weight at first egg (1408g) than DBxFE (1388g). Age as a factor of hatchability. management given to the traditionally scavenging local chicken may chicken for egg and meat production traits. About 76 percent of the eggs candled on the 5th day Dettmers A 1977 Reseach techniques in animal production Egg length and width were measured with the aid of a pair Ile-Ife, Nigeria. Chicks were able to increase their The low hatchability may not be a true black Olympia and Hubbard and Nick strains were 20% and 19% Conference, 21-25 March, 1999, Ilorin. Eggs with living embryo were then [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. Weeks of age, and afterward declined such as White Kano Akou, Bunaji, Fellata Bororo and also. Growth rate per week ( in percentage ) Sieberer Hatchery, popular known as Amo Hatchery allelic at. Soon die out and need to work with larger Number of chicks hatched ] / of! 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