TINGKAH LAKU AYAM KUB PADA PERBIBITAN AYAM KUB DI KABUPATEN SIGI, PROVINSI SULAWESI TENGAH

Abstract

Native chicken is one of the livestock commonly breeding by the villagers because the breeding system does not require large inputs such as broiler chicken and has good environmental adaptability. Even in some places in the countryside, the breeding system is zero input. The information about the behavior of KUB chickens that are kept intensively in cages and freely is still very less. So, the study about the behavior of KUB chickens is needed in order to produce optimal. Behavior can represent the physiological conditions, feelings, and response of chicken towards changes environmental conditions. This study was conducted in one of the locations for the dissemination of KUB Chicken development in Sigi Regency, Central Sulawesi Province. The study used the one zero sampling method, observations were carried out in the morning (07.00-08.00 WITA) and afternoon (16.00- 17.00 WITA) for 7 days. The KUB chicken population that used in this study were 5 males and 25 females that were 18 weeks old. The result showed that the highest activity in the morning is; eating activity (10%), drinking (9.9%), perch (9.2%), grooming (9.2%) locomotion (7.8%), agonistic (1.7%), mating (1, 4%), elimination (1.1), and rest (1.1%), while the highest activity in the afternoon is eating (11.8%), drinking (9.9%), grooming (8.6%), locomotion (7.8%), perch (7.0%), agonistic (1 , 3%), elimination (0.8%), rest (0.8%), and mating (0.6%). It was concluded that KUB chickens aged 18 weeks as a whole described behavioral behavior in order to fulfill their level of welfare in preparation for maximum production