Title: HALF-COOKED RICE AND CORN WITH NATURAL PRO-BIOTICS: THEIR EFFECT ON THE GROWTH OF COBB BROILER CHICKEN

Researcher: LERRY BON JOVI CORALES BAYAG Institution: CAGAYAN STATE UNIVERSITY Degree: BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN AGRICULTURE MAJOR IN ANIMAL SCIENCE Adviser: DR. NOEMI C. BAYAG

ABSTRACT Using seventy five (75) cob broiler chicken, the study was conducted to determine the effect of half-cooked rice and corn with natural pro-biotic on the growth performance of broiler chicken. It was laid out using the Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with the following treatments: T1- Control (Commercial Feeds), T2 - half-cooked rice, T3 half-cooked corn. The drinking water was mixed with 10 ml. natural pro-biotic per L of water. Result of the study showed that the initial weight of chickens obtained not significant difference among treatment means the weight during the first, second, third and fourth weeks revealed a highly significant difference among treatments. T1 obtained the highest weight. Likewise, the weight gain of chicken on the first, second and third week revealed significant among the treatments. Also, the daily gain in weight and total gain in weight reported highly significant. In terms of feed conversion ratio and feed conversion efficiency, chicken fed with commercial feeds outweighed the other treatments. A highly significant difference among treatments. The recipe taste of the meat of chicken tinola and adobo T3 and T2 were the best respectively. There was highly significant difference among treatments. Return of investments showed that Control (commercial feeds) had higher returns than T2 and T3 had a lost. It is concluded that commercial feeds has a better effect on the growth performance of cob broiler chickens in terms of gain in weight, feed conversion ratio and efficiency and return on investment. Further, it is concluded that tinola and adobo recipe taste of chicken meat were better for chickens fed with half-cooked rice and corn.