GROWTH PERFORMANCE OF COBB BROILERS AS AFFECTED BY THE USE OF STOVE CHARCOAL AND ELECTRIC INCANDESCENT BULB AS SOURCE OF SUPPLEMENTAL HEAT DURING BROODING

A study to determine the effect of using stove charcoal and EILB as a source of heat during brooding on feed consumption, live weight gain, feed conversion efficiency, and income from Cobb broilers. Conducted at Brgy. North, General Santos City from January to February 2018. Thirty-six Cobb broiler chicks were brooded using (T1) stove charcoal and （T2) EILB as a source of heat as treatments of the study. Each was replicated three times consisting of six birds per replication. Data were statistically analyzed and tested for significance using T-Test. Birds heated with EILB during brooding consumed 3.34 kg of feeds against 3.36 kg consumed by those heated with stove charcoal. Live weight gained by birds heated with EILB was 1.71 while those heated with stove charcoal was 1.64. Birds heated with stove charcoal consumed 2.04 feed units to gain the same but if live weight while those heated with EILB need to eat only 1.96 feed units for the unit of body weight. Incomes were P 48.94 and P 58.89 for birds brooded with stove charcoal and EILB, respectively. No significant difference between means in all parameters.