Establishment and characterization of two native Saudi chicken lines and assessing their performance potentials

Abstract

Two native Saudi local chicken lines were established. The first line was black color and named Hajar1, while the second line was brown color and named Hajar2. Five hatches were produced from previous mentioned lines. The total number of chicks which produced were 3000 with almost equal number of birds in both lines. Chicks were weighed Bi-weekly till the 20th week of age