MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND PRODUCTION PERFORMANCES OF BROILER PARENT STOCK (Cobb-500) RAISED UNDER CONTROL HOUSING SYSTEM

Abstract

The present study was conducted on broiler parent stock, Cobb-500 in BRAC Poultry Project, Sreemongal, Sylhet from October to November to know the production performance and management practices of Cobb-500 broiler parent stock. Firstly the data about management (housing, feeding and lighting) and production ( hen day egg production, hen day hatching egg production, hatchability rate, hen housed hatching egg production hen housed DOC production) were collected from their record book of current batch. Estimated weekly average body weight (3826.44 gm), feed intake(156.89 gm), number of hen day egg production(31959eggs),hen day egg production percentage(57.38%),number of hen day hatching egg production(30301eggs),hen day hatching egg production percentage(93.61%), hatchability rate(71.70%), cumulative number of hen housed egg production (50.71eggs), cumulative number of hen housed hatching egg production(47.35eggs),cumulative number of hen housed DOC production (37.29 DOC) from 24th to 51st week respectively