ANBAR JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES

Abstract

These study was conducted at the Native Chicken Breeding Station, a total of 60 hens at 26 and 75 weeks of age, were randomly picked out from local Barred and Brown flocks.
The aim of this study to option basic data for local chickens carcass and it's chemical analysis to determine genetic parameters for selection carcass traits. The results indicated significant effects for age and breed on most studying traits (dressing percentage, relative weight of internal organs, relative weight of major and minor carcass pecies and its chemical analysis).