Comparative Study of Foreign and Domestic Feeds and Their Effects on Eggs Production in Golden Breed in Baghlan Province of Afghanistan

Abstract

A study was conducted in Baghlan province to compare foreign and domestic poultry feeds on Golden Egg Layers. The study was started on 2019/09/15 and took 2.5 months.  A small farm of 40 chickens was formed and the chickens were divided randomly into four equal groups (A, B, C and D). Each group of 10 chicks was housed in a special cage, and all environmental conditions such as humidity, heat, light, and darkness were kept constant during the entire period of experiment. Completely randomized research design (CRD) was adopted for the study. Groups A, B, C and D were fed feeds from Iran Shams Farahi company, Pakistan Islamabad company, Kabul Feed company and Jalalabad Habib Hussam company, respectively. The results revealed, there was no significant difference in weight gain during the first three weeks.  However, from the third week onwards there was a significant difference (p<0.05) between weights gains dietary efficiency per kilogram of body consumed. For gaining 1 Kg body weight during 3 weeks, the pullets consumed 11065 gram Islamabad company feed, 11295 gram Iran Shams Farahi company feed, 11656 gram Kabul company feed and 12945 gram Habib Hussam company feed. From the study it is clear that Islamabad company feed is more economical and effective feed as compared to feed from other three companies. A group produced 15 eggs, B group produced 129 eggs, C group produced 121 eggs and D group produced 136 eggs. Therefore, it is concluded that group B, managed on feed from Islamabad company produced significantly higher number of eggs than other three groups. In term of economical state, the net profit of Islamabad feed was 654.95 AFN, Jalalabad Habib Hussam feed 247.9 AFN, Kabul feed 229.5 AFN and Iran Shams Farahi feed was 135 AFN. Therefore, it is concluded. that the order of effectiveness (descending order) of the poultry feeds was Islamabad company of Pakistan followed by Jalalabad Habib Hussam, Kabul Feed Company and Iran Shams Farahi Company.