Three trials were conducted on five treatment groups to determine the performance of commercial broiler birds fed broken rice as a substitute for imported maize. Five experimental rations containing varying percentages of maize viz. 60, 45, 30,15, 0%, were used which were directly replaced by local broken rice. The composition of the other 40 percent of the ration was constant for all the rations. The chicks were initially fed with proprietary broiler starter mash in the first four weeks, and the experimental rations were provided from the fifth to the end of twelfth week. The results indicated that there was no significant difference in feed intake, growth rate and feed conversion efficiency between the five groups. The only defect in the broken rice was the lack of xanthophyll which caused the skin and shank to appear paler and less attractive to the local consumer.

 

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