Das Zweinutzungshuhn in der Praxis: Wirtschaftliche Effizienz von Bruderhähnen eines neuen Genotyps in Deutschland

As part of the EU project PPILOW, a trial of novel dual-purpose genotypes was conducted. A brother-sister joint analysis was performed as both female and male chicks of one genotype are reared. Males and females of three dual-purpose genotypes were evaluated at the station under organic rearing conditions and compared with a representative high-performance genotype. The three dual-purpose genotypes had different performance profiles: a meat-type (A), an egg-type (C) dual-purpose genotype and a rustic breed (B) with a balanced performance profile. The analysis focused on how the performance and product characteristics of these genotypes differed with respect to the males and how this was reflected in the economic efficiency.