Egg Weight, Shape Index and Hatching Weight and Interrelationships among These Traits in Native Turkish Geese with Different Coloured Feathers

Authors : Mustafa SAATCİ, Turgut KIRMIZIBAYRAK, Ali Rıza AKSOY, Muammer TİLKİ

Pages : 353-357

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Publication Date : 0000-00-00

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Egg weight, shape index and hatching weight and interrelationship among these three traits have been studied in native Turkish geese with different coloured feathers insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(black, white, piebald and yellow);. Means of the four feather colours for egg weights were 147, 150.49, 142.95, 150.88 g, for shape index 67.01, 66.19, 66.68, 67.12% and for hatching weight 94.99, 98.41, 92.95, 97.40 g, respectively. Egg weight and hatching weight showed significant differences according to feather colour insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(P < 0.05); but this difference has not been observed in shape index insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(P > 0.05);. Egg weight was significantly correlated with hatching weight insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(72%); and also significant regression was found between egg weight and hatching weight insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(r2 = 0.51);.
Keywords : Geese, egg weight, hatching weight, feather colour