GROWTH PERFORMANCE OF COBB BROILERS AFFECTED BY DIFFERENT LEVELS OF WATER HYACINTH (Eichhornia crassipes) LEAF MEAL ADDED TO COMMERCIAL RATION

The study was conducted to determine the growth performance of Cobb Broiler chickens with different levels of water hyacinth leaf meal added to the commercial ration in terms of feed consumption, live weight gain, feed conversion ratio, income over feed, and chick cost at poultry house, Barangay Fatima MSU Tambler General Santos City from March 15, 2018, to April 18, 2018. The study was laid out using a Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with three treatments (0,5,10%Water Hyacinth Leaf Meal) replicated three times. Four birds were assigned at random for each replication. The results showed that feed consumption, total weight gain, and feed conversion ratio were statistically not significant by the addition of water hyacinth leaf meal （WHLM) in the ration. The results showed that feed consumption of Cobb Broilers was low at 10%(2.20kg) Water Hyacinth leaf meal compared to 5% and 0% WHLM with 3.03kg and 2.73kg/bird. Birds in 10% were the heaviest (1.57kg) than those in 5% and 0% of WHLM with 1.52kg and 1.44kg On feed efficiency, birds without WHLM needed only 1.89 units of feeds to convert it to a unit of weight gain than those in 10% and 5% with 1.91 and 1.99. Birds in 0% obtained the highest IOFCC (P23.64) than those in 5% and 10% WHLM with P22.24 and P6.08.