Investigation on basic indexes of laying productivity of guinea fowls from local Bulgarian population

Matina Nikolova, Svetlana Grigorova, Dimo Penkov

Abstract: Egg intensity and compound feed consumption of a local Guinea fowl population during two
consecutive productive years were established. The average laying intensity for a 30-week period in
the first year was 70.11% (139.71 eggs) and in the second – 44.22% (89.70 eggs). The feed conversion
was 162 g/egg (3.88 kg*kg egg mass-1) during the first and 311 g/egg (7.42 kg*kg egg mass-1) in the
second period respectively. The established high egg intensity is a prerequisite for successful selection
by laying capacity.

Keywords: Bulgarian local population; egg productivity; feed conversion; Guinea fowl; laying intensity

Date published: 2021-08-27