Abstract:
The study was carried out to determine the effect
of Rearing systems on the egg qualities of
Domestic Chicken. Data was collected from
(n=200) Domestic Chicken Eggs under Intensive
and Semi-Intensive Rearing systems. All data
were collected on external egg quality
characteristics i,e.,(Egg Weight, Egg Length and
Width, Shape Index, Shell Weight, Shell
Thickness) and internal egg quality
characteristics (Weight of albumen, Weight of
yolk, Height of yolk, Height of albumen, The pH
of egg yolk and albumen, Haugh unit, Yolk Color)
and Nutritional Egg quality characteristic
i,e.,(albumen protein content, yolk protein
content, albumen fat content, yolk fat content,
albumen ash content, yolk ash content, albumen
moisture content, yolk moisture content). Data
were analyzed using SPSS version 25.0. The
results of the study revealed that external egg
quality parameters such as Egg Weight, Shell
Thickness and Shell Weight significantly (p <
0.05) affect by rearing system. Egg Nutritional
Qualities Parameters like Albumen and yolk
protein, albumen and yolk fat, significantly (p <
0.05) affected by the rearing system and egg
internal qualities Egg Yolk Color significantly (p
< 0.05) affected by the rearing system. However,
other qualities do not that much affect egg
qualities but in the case of egg, yolk color will be
highly affected by the rearing system. Typically,
consumers tend to favor eggs from semiintensively reared hens due to the appealing egg
size and yolk color. Consequently, farmers are
advised to opt for the semi-intensive rearing
system, as eggs from birds raised under this
method exhibit an enhanced yolk color, making
them more attractive to consumers. Conversely,
when it comes to raising a large number of birds,
the intensive rearing system is preferable over the
semi-intensive one.
