What are the breeds of broiler?

Hubbard chicken
Broiler/Breeds

What is the most common breed of broiler?

Cornish chickens
The most common type of broiler isn’t an actual breed but is a cross of the white rock and Cornish chickens. Male Cornish/white rock crosses weigh about 4.5 pounds by the age of 6 weeks. If kept around five weeks longer, they weigh in at about 9.5 pounds.

What is the most popular type of poultry in Nigeria?

In Nigeria, chicken farming is the most popular type of poultry farming. You can either grow layers or broilers or you can choose to rear these two breeds.

How good is Amo broiler?

The chicks are produced with good biosecurity that guarantees healthy, disease free chicks. The broilers are fast growing with birds reaching about 2 kilos in 35 days under closed system. The average mortality up to 42 days is 3-5% under good rearing practice.

What are the most popular breeds of layers and broilers?

The most popular varieties are peela (golden red), yarkin (black and red), Nurie 89(white), kagar (black), chitta (black and white silver), Teekar (brown) and Reza (light red). Although poor in productivity, the birds of this breed are well-known for their meat qualities.

Which broiler is the best in Nigeria?

6 best breed of broiler in Nigeria

• Cornish Cross Broilers. It is a fast-growing kind of chicken.
• Grinphield Marshall.
• Moyer’s K-22 (also called Red Broilers).
• Red Broilers.
• Roaster chicks (also called Moyer’s Broiler or Cornish Giants).
• Rosambro Broilers.

How much does a day old broiler cost in Nigeria?

Prices of Broilers Day-Old-Chicks( DOC)

Is Amo feed good?

They are products of successful research into poultry nutrition and mixed using a variety of quality raw materials. Amo Feeds are widely appreciated for their longer shelf life, high nutritional content, and excellent quality.

What kind of chicken is used in Nigeria?

The common broiler breeds in Nigeria include: These are the commonly found breeds of broiler chicken in Nigeria. Although, there are some genetically modified/improved strains, especially for Cobb and Ross.

Are there any noiler chicken hatcheries 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. Amo Hatchery is the only company/hatchery producing Noiler chicks in Nigeria and the birds are commonly named Amo Noilers.

Where did the Kuroiler chicken breed come from?

This particular breed was developed in Nigeria by Amo Farm Sieberer Hatchery, popular known as Amo Hatchery. 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.

Which is the best broiler breed for Newcastle disease?

An experiment was carried out with the title “Effect of genetic strains (Ross 308, Cobb 500 and Hubbard F15) on immune response against Newcastle disease vaccine in broiler chickens” Result of of the experiment show that Cobb 500 had the highest immune response to diseases like Newcastle, followed by Ross 308, and then the Hubbard F15.