VARIATION IN THE GROWTH PERFORMANCE OF MALE AND FEMALE ARBOR ACRE BROILER CHICKEN
Abstract
The assessment of variation in the growth performance of male and female Arbor Acre broiler chickens in this study involved a comprehensive study in which 50 Arbor Acre broiler day-old chicks were raised under strictly controlled and identical management conditions. This ensured that external factors did not affect the results, allowing for a clear comparison of the growth rates among the chickens. Throughout the study, data on various growth performance metrics were collected and thoroughly analyzed. At four (4) weeks, male arbo acre has higher value of body weight (980.00 ± 8.10g), thigh length (5.50 ± 0.01cm), wing length (6.10 ± 0.01cm) and mean body height (7.56 0.04cm) than the female showing there is a significant difference (p < 0.05) between the sexes which suggests that their growth rates in the first 4 weeks were affected by sex. At six (6) weeks, the male arbo acre chickens also has higher value of body weight (1360.00 ± 6.28g), breast girth (11.00 ± 0.15cm), body length (12.38 ± 0.11cm), thigh length (5.20 ± 0.02cm), wing length (7.10 ± 0.03cm) and body height (8.92 ± 0.01cm) than the female. The male chicken has overall better performance in all the growth parameters than the female chickens at 6 weeks with a significant difference (p < 0.05) statistically. However, by the time the chicks reached eight (8) weeks of age, the growth dynamics shifted considerably to favor the female chickens. At 8 weeks, female arbo acre has higher body weight (2130.00 ± 8.33g), thigh length (10.80 ± 0.04cm), wing length (9.10 ± 0.22cm) and mean body height (9.60 ± 0.33cm) than the male chicken which only has better growth performance in the breast girth (11.20 ± 0.21cm) and mean body length (13.20 ± 0.05cm). In conclusion, the findings from this assessment indicate that there is significant variation(p < 0.05) caused by sex in the growth performance of arbo acre broiler chickens. Also, the male chickens has better growth performance than the female chicken.
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