(208) Koekoek

(208) Koekoek

1. General information

Species:	Chicken
Breed Name/Variety/Ecotype :	Koekoek
Common Name/Synonym:	Potchefstroom Koekoek
Breed/Variety/Ecotype Origin :
Originated from a cross (Black Australorp X leghorn) during the 1950’s at the Potchestroom Agricultural college of South Africa.After its development from these 2 breeds, it was registered as a South African breed with the South African Poultry Association in 1976
Main Location:
Rural areas of South Africa.

2. Trait Data

2.1 Day old body weight (g)

No.	Sex	Mean	Sample Size	Location of Study	Management Condition	Source
1	Overall	35.4	160	Hatfield Research Farm of the University of Pretoria	In village (scavenging/semi-scavenging) poultry.(In individual cage system for egg production test and group cage for tests on the growth and carcass traits.)	（2029）

2.2 Egg weight ( g/egg)

No.	Age	Mean	SD	SE	Sample Size	Location of Study	Management Condition	Source
1	20-70 weeks	52.1		0.09	24	Hatfield Research Farm of the University of Pretoria	In village (scavenging/semi-scavenging) poultry.(In individual cage system for egg production test and group cage for tests on the growth and carcass traits)	（2029）

2.3 Feed Conversion Efficiency (ratio) (FCR)

No.	Sex	Age	Mean	Sample Size	Location of Study	Management Condition	Source
1	Overall	11 weeks	3.32	160	Hatfield Research Farm of the University of Pretoria.	village (scavenging/semi-scavenging) poultry.(In individual cage system for egg production test and group cage for tests on the growth and carcass traits.)	（2029）

2.4 Feed intake ( g DM /day X g 0.75)

No.	Sex	Age	Mean	Sample Size	Location of Study	Management Condition	Source
1	Overall	11 week	3680	160	Hatfield Research Farm of the University of Pretoria	Village (scavenging/semi-scavenging) poultry.(In individual cage system for egg production test and group cage for tests on the growth and carcass traits.)	（2029）

2.5 Plumage pattern

No.	Sex	Age	Trait Value	Location of Study	Management Condition	Source
1	Male		Generally black and white speckled colour pattern males have light grey bars.	Hatfield Research Farm of the University of Pretoria	Village (scavenging/semi-scavenging) poultry	（2029）
2	Female		Generally black and white speckled colour pattern females have darker bars.	The same as above	Village (scavenging/semi-scavenging) poultry	（2029）

2.6 Weight at Specific Age (gm)

No.	Sex	Age	Mean	Sample Size	Location of Study	Management Condition	Source
1	Overall	11 weeks	1114	160	Rural areas of North province, KwaZulu-Natal, the free State and Eastern and Southern Cape	Village (scavenging/semi-scavenging) poultry.(In individual cage system for egg production test and group cage for tests on the growth and carcass traits.)	（2029）
2	Hen	70 weeks	2100	24	Hatfield Research Farm of the University of Pretoria	The same as above	（2029）