| Summary: | The aims of the study were to know the gain of native chicken from day one until 12 weeks and the parts of carcasses at 9 and 12 week of age on black, black-white and white native chicken plumage. The results showed that feed consumption and feed conversion were not different, while the body weight at the end of the study was significantly different among the color plumage (<0.01). weekly body weight showed differences at 4, 5 and 12 week. At 4 and 12 weeks of age, the heaviest body weight for black color and at 5 weeks for black-white color. Parts of carcasses 9 and 12 weeks were significantly different. Based on age and color plumage, there were interaction between pectoralis mayor and thigh and shank (P<0.01). proportion of pectoralis mayor black color at 9 week of age showed the biggest part, but at 12 week showed that black and black-white were not different. Proportion of drumstick and shank at 9 week of age was on white color, but at 12 week of age changed to be the black one (P<0.05).
Keyword : Native chickens, Color plumage, Gain weight, parts of carcass
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