Pengaruh Waktu Pencahayaan Terhadap Performa Ayam Pedaging (Broiler)

Abstract

Lighting is an important management technique in broiler rearing to increase growth. Because light is very influential on the development of cells - body cells, feed efficiency, physiological processes and behavior of chickens. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of lighting timing on broiler performance. This stu dy used a completely randomized design (CRD) with 4 treatments and 3 replications. With the treatment arrangement: P0 (24 hours of lighting), P1 (22 hours of lighting), P2 (20 hours of lighting), P3 (18 hours of lighting). The results obtained in this stud y were the amount of feed consumption in the P0 and P1 treatments was lower than the P2 and P3 treatments. This happened because P2 (24 hours of light) and P1 (22 hours of lighting) caused the chickens to be active both at night and during the day so as to reduce feed consumption, Weight Gain (PBB) increased from P0, P2 to P3 and decreased PBB at P1. This is because the dark conditions at P2 and P3 caused the chickens to tend to reduce movement, the lowest or most efficient broiler feed conversion was achie ved by treatment P0 (24 hours of lighting) with a conversion of 1.47 while the highest in treatment P1 was 1.57 although statistically did not show a significant difference.