THE EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT LEVELS OF HYDROLYZED FEATHER MEAL IN WATER RATION ON THE GROWTH PERFORMANCE OF COBB BROILER

The study “The Effects of Different Levels of Hydrolyzed Feather Meal in Water Ration on the Growth Performance of Cobb Broilers” was conducted to specifically evaluate the feed consumption, weight gain, feed conversion ratio, mortality rate, and Income Over Feed and Chick Cost from September 12-October 17, 2018 at the Poultry project of College of Agriculture, Mindanao State University, General Santos City. The study was laid out in Complete Randomized Design (CRD) with four treatments and three replications. Four birds were assigned to every replication. The results showed that adding hydrolyzed feather meal (FHM) in the water ration has no significant difference to the 100% water ration in terms of feed consumption, water consumption, weight gain and feed conversion ratio. Income Over Feed and Chick Cost (IOFCC) data showed that birds that were given 15% HFM added to the water ration had the highest profit of P72.67. Followed by those birds that were given 5% HFM with a profit of P72.44. Birds that were given 10% HFM and control had a profit of P72.03 that ranks third and P70.46,the lowest respectively.