COMPARING THE PRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE OF BROILER HYBRIDS RESULTING FROM THREE AND FOUR WAY CROSSES

This study was conducted at the poultry farm of the College of Agriculture and Forestry Hammam Alalil. The objectives of this study were to compare the productive performance of the three way cross broiler chicks (ABD) with that of the four way cross broiler chicks ( ABCD). Data revealed that there were significant difference (p 0.05 ) between 8 week body weight of three way cross chicks compared with four way cross chicks. No significant differences , were observed in feed conversion ratio and percent mortality between the two crosses .