A Profile Analysis on the Effectiveness of Two kinds of Feeds on Poultry Birds

Abstract

This study was carried out to find the effect of two types of poultry feeds on the weight of poultry birds using chicken from Michika Farm in Igwuruta in Port Harcourt, Rivers State as a case study. The data was collected for a period of eight weeks, where a sample size of sixty chickens was divided into two equal populations. The data for the analysis was collected as a primary data through the method of direct observation and measurement. The data were analyzed using hostelling T2 distribution, F-distribution to Test for parallel profile. At the end of the analysis, it was found that the profile was not parallel. This shows that the levels of the treatment on feeds are not the same.

Key words: poultry feeds, poultry birds, primary data, direct observation, hostelling T2
distribution, F-distribution