Influence of Early- and Late-feathering Phenotype on Productive Performance in the Feather-sexing Strains of Korean Native Chicken
2013
Sohn, S.H., Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology, Jinju, Republic of Korea | Kim, N.Y., Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology, Jinju, Republic of Korea | Park, D.B., Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology, Jinju, Republic of Korea | Song, H.R., Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology, Jinju, Republic of Korea | Cho, E.J., Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology, Jinju, Republic of Korea | Choi, S.B., RDA, Seonghwan, Republic of Korea | Heo, K.N., RDA, Seonghwan, Republic of Korea | Choi, H.C., RDA, Seonghwan, Republic of Korea
The vent sexing and the auto-sexing by using sex-linked traits are general sexing methods of day-old chicks. Currently, the feather sexing which is based on the differences in the feather characteristics at hatching is the representative sexing method of chicken, because the late-feathering is sex-linked trait. The feather sexing can be used if the breed has dominant feathering gene (K) in maternal and recessive gene (k+) in paternal. Therefore it is necessary to identify the association of feathering genes and quantitative traits in chickens. In this study, we investigated the influence of the rate of feathering on productive traits in Korean Native Chicken. In results, there was no significant difference between early-feathering chickens and late-feathering chickens in reproductive performance such as fertility and hatchability. Livability, body weights, egg production, egg weight and egg quality also did not significantly differ between early- and late-feathering chickens. Age at first egg was the only trait of those tested in which significant difference was observed. The early-feathering chickens laid eggs 3 days earlier than late-feathering chicken. As a result, there is no influence of feathering phenotypes on productive performance in Korean Native Chickens. Consequentially, establishing the feather sexing strain is available using the Korean Native Chicken breed without considering of the effect of feathering genes on productive traits.
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