Produktivitas Dan Keragaman Fenotip Ayam Lokal (Gallus Gallus Domesticus) Di Kecamatan Pulau Ternate

Abstract

Local chickens are known to have various functions throughout the life of the community in cities and villages, such as in several Kelurahan / Villages in Ternate City, North Maluku Province. The purpose of this study was to determine egg production and phenotype diversity from local chickens in Ternate Island District. The method used in this study is a survey method of the results of this study in a descriptive qualitative and quantitative analysis. The results of this study indicate that the average local chicken egg production is 48.46 eggs / month. For phenotypic characters from 60 samples of 30 males and 30 females there are different color characters in males and females but the most dominant in the color of the feathers are black, yellowish white shank colors, red comb colors, pae comb shapes, white ear colors and yellow eye colors reddish. Whereas the highest body size character of male and female local chickens is found in the length of the femur of male chickens, namely 144.90%. The results of this study can be concluded 48.46 eggs eggs / month in Ternate Island District which consists of six villages. For the diversity of qualitative traits of male and female chickens, the most dominant feather color is black, yellowish white shank color, red comb color, pea comb shape, white ear color and reddish yellow eye color.