Investigation of situation description of Guinea fowl on Azarbaijan district and determination of their potentiality

In order to determine of Guinea fowl distribution in Azerbaijan, 120 special forms were filled referring to 200 villages through interviews and objective observations. Then in order to identifying productive potential, some eggs were selected from two phenotypic groups including gray and blue gray color of Bonab research station and of them 534 keets hatched and distributed in to three replications in separated boxes. On-day-old keets were weighted. Results indicated that there is no significant differences from the view point of birth weight and gray phenotype with 24.82 g birth weight was the highest and differences between two phenotypic groups for birth weight trait, was significant only in 11'th weeks (P0.05). Birth weights were almost equal in other weeks. Results didn't indicate any significant differences from the viewpoint of egg numbers and gray phenotypes with the average of 107.43 was the highest. There was not any significant differences between phenotypic groups egg weights. The highest egg weights was in gray phenotypes with the average of 38.9 g. Puberty age of phenotypic groups was not different, significantly in the was that gray phenotype fowls with the average of 183.35 days and blue gray phenotype fowls with the average of 189.9 days reached to puberty age. From the view point of feed conversion ratio to egg, gray phenotype fowls with 5.69 was the best group for egg production along period and gray phenotype fowls having feed conversion ratio to meat of 4, was the most. Fertility of gray treatment with the average of 63.24% was the lowest and blue gray phenotype fowls with the average of 72.20% was the highest. Mortality of gray treatment with 7.5% was the least and blue gray fowls having 11.86% mortality was the most. It is necessary to say that mortality reasons was identified and results indicated that mortality percent of 75.01 was related to downgraded keets during raising. There was not any significant differences between male weight of treatments by end of raising period in the way that male and female weight of gray having 1278.81 g and 1278.54 g was the highest respectively by end of raising period