Feeding management evaluation of duck farmer groups in Brebes

Abstract

This study was conducted to evaluate duck feeding system of farmer groups in Brebes region. Four duck farmer groups, namely Maju Jaya (MJ), Sumber Pangan (SP), Harapan Mulya (HM), and Adem Ayem (AA) were involved. Each group consisting of 10 farmers was evaluated for this study. Data collected were the number of duck, age, feed ingredient, and egg production. Feed consumption and protein intake were calculated. The average duck number of MJ, SP, HM, and AA groups were 355 ± 103, 551 ± 372, 361 ± 216 and 330 ± 54, whereas the duck age were 15.6 ± 5.1, 15.2 ± 6.2 14.6 ± 4.7 and 8.0 ± 1.6 respectively. The same feed ingredient for all groups were used, there were dried rice, rice polishing, and fresh fish. Feed composition in each group was relatively uniform pattern, but among the groups varied widely in percentage and amounts. Based on calculation, the protein consumption for MJ, SP, HM, and AA groups were 32.2 , 33.0, 56.7 and 55.0 g/ bird/day. The HDA average of the four groups were 65.5, 63.3, 62.3 and 63.6% respectively. It could be concluded that various percentage and amount of feed ingredient did not influent on the egg production. The ration used for MJ and SP groups was sufficient for normal egg production, while HM and AA groups using excessive feed were almost twice of MJ and SP.