THE GROWTH PERFORMANCE OF NATIVE CHICKEN AS AFFECTED BY DIFFERENT LEVELS OF PEANUT (Arachis hypogaea)LEAF MEAL INCORPORATED IN HOME MADE RATION

A study of “The Growth Performance of Native Chicken As Affected By Different Levels of Peanut Leaf Meal(PLM)Incorporated in Home Made Ration" was conducted at Mindanao State University-General Santos City Poultry Project from September 22 to November 20,2018 to determine the performance of Native chicken in terms of feed consumption, weight gain, feed conversion ratio, and income over feed and chick cost. The study was laid out in a Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with four treatments replicated three times. Three experimental native birds were assigned to each replication. The experimental birds received the following treatments; treatment I fed with 0 % PLM; Treatment II fed with 25 % PLM; Treatment III fed with 50% PLM and treatment IV fed with 75% PLM. Birds in treatment II and Treatment IV obtained the highest feed consumption of 3.10 kg. In terms of weight gain birds in treatment I gained the heaviest live weight of 0. 53 kg but acquired the least feed consumption of 2.67 kg and registered to be the efficient converter with 5.04 followed by those birds in Treatment II and IV gaining a live weight of 0.47 kg. The Treatment III and IV gain an FCR of 6.11. Treatment II registered to be the least efficient converter with 7.21 Furthermore, all treatments in IOFCC resulted no economic benefits because of the increase cost of production compare to the profit of venture. There were no casualties recorded during the conduct of the study.