INFLUENCE OF SLAUGHTER YIELD ON INDIVIDUAL POULTRY PRODUCTION

Abstract

Yields upon broiler chicken slaughtering at different ages can influence the growth profitability and have an important influence on the chicken farm production. When slaughtering chickens at the age of 38 days, the valuable portions of the carcass such as breast and legs represent 51.77±0.14 of the carcass weight, a commercial yield considered good for the genetic material studied. To increase economic profitability of a chicken farm, we need to purchase high genetic value hybrids, to make investments in the exploitation technology (i.e., reduce the slaughtering age with 5 days), all of which results in a diminution of the expenses for raising broiler chicken.