On-Farm Egg and Meat Production Performance of Commercial Hybrids

This study was carried out using progenies of 5 Parent-Stock (PS) chicken breeds introduced from 3 European companies and 1 local breed. The imported PS was Dominant Red Barred (DR), Dominant Sussex (DS), Lohmann Brown (LB), Novogen-Brown (NB) and Novogen-Color (NC). Koekoek (KK), a dual-purpose breed widely adapted in Ethiopia, was used as a local...