Evaluating Broiler Breeders For Future Meat Production

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Evaluating Broiler Breeders For Future Meat
Production
Created By Jerry Taylor Agriculture Teacher
Madison CO High Georgia Department of
Agricultural Curriculum July 2003
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Factors To Consider When Evaluating Broiler
Breeders

• Deformities Automatic Cull
• Body Conformation- 60 of total.
• Breast Meat Quantity-40 of total.

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Broiler Deformities

• Blind in one eye
• Severely Crossed beak
• Crooked neck
• Severely crooked back
• Severely crooked keel
• One or more solid black feathers in wing or tail.
• No tail feathers
• Green shank
• Severely crooked toe
• Leg foot abnormalities that affect the birds
  walk

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Evaluating Broiler Breeder Body Conformation

• Objectively comparing the shape and size of body
  parts relative to each other.
• A )Width across shoulders
• B) Length of back
• C) depth of body
• D) length of keel
• E) spring of ribs
• F) width across hips

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Evaluating Broiler Breeder Breast Meat Quantity

• Bird 1 has a short breast.
• Bird 2 has a long breast.

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Evaluating Broiler Breeder Breast Meat Quantity

• 1. Has a shallow breast with poor depth of
  muscle.
• 2. Has a deep breast indicating good depth of
  muscle.

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Evaluating Broiler Breeder Breast Meat Quantity

• 1) A narrow breast indicates poor width of
  muscling.
• 2) A Wide breast indicates good width of muscling.

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Select the 4 best broilers out of this group of 8.
Crossed beak
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4
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3
Brown Feather in tail.
Black Feather in tail.
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Select the 4 best broilers out of this group of 8.
Crossed beak
2
4
1
3
X
X
X
Brown Feather in tail.
Black Feather in tail.
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7
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6
X