Abstract:
This study was carried out at the College of Agriculture – Baghdad
University aiming the evaluation of two days old chicks weights 41.00 and
46.06g on carcass characteristics of broiler at age 42 day . The result obtained
indicated the following :-
It will be better in circumambient of breast , thigh ,body and breast fleshing ,
length of thigh bones and drumstic for chicks resultant from (H) comparison
with (M) . There were consequential better in weight of cold carcasses and after
frozen and thawing under temperature -18 c for carcass of birds resultant from
(H) comparison with (M) . Predominant weights of the carcass main (breast ,
thigh , drumstic) and secondary cuts (neck , back , wing) after thawing for birds
resultant from chicks (H) comparison with (M) with percent 8.41% and 6.96%
respectively . It could be concluded that chicks (H) gives at 6 weeks carcass
with pest characteristics like circumambient of breast , thigh also batter in body
dimension and low of thawing loose comparison with chick (M)