THE EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT LEVELS OF FISH RESIDUE MEAL ADDED TO COMMERCIAL RATION ON THE GROWTH PERFORMANCE OF KABIR CHICKENS

A study was conducted to determine the effects of different levels of FRM added on feed consumption, live weight gain, feed conversion efficiency and income over feed and chick costs from January to March 2019 at Mindanao State University, General Santos City. Thirty six Kabir chickens were assigned to three treatments namely;0 （control),5 and 10% FRM added to ration. Each treatment was replicated 3 times and laid in a Completely Randomized Design (CRD). Birds fed with 0%FRM consumed the highest amount of feeds with 4.05 kg followed by those with 5% and 10% FRM in the ration with 3.68 kg and 3.56 kg, respectively. Live weight gains were 1.27,1.24 and 1.29 kg for those with 0,10% and 15% FRM, respectively. Birds fed with 0% FRM required 3.20 of feed to gain a unit of liveweight and those 5 and 10% required 2.98 and 2.76 unit of feed to gain a unit of liveweight. The highest income was obtained from birds fed with 10% FRM Php 47.92 followed by Php 32.48 and Php 22.6 from 5 and 0% FRM, respectively.