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Maggot is the larva of the Black Soldier Fly (BSF) which has the potential as an alternative protein source for poultry. The study aimed to examine the supplementation of hydrolyzed and non-hydrolyzed maggot meals to increase the performance and feed digestibility of Sentul chicken feed. Crude enzymes produced from Tempeh yeast were used as inoculum starters. The research method used was a completely randomized design (CRD) with 7 treatments and 3 replications, each replication consisted of five Sentul chickens of four weeks old. The treatments were [R.sub.0] = basal feed (control), [R.sub.1] = [R.sub.0] + 2% non-hydrolyzed maggot, [R.sub.2] = [R.sub.0] + 4% non-hydrolyzed maggot, [R.sub.3] = [R.sub.0] + 6% non-hydrolyzed maggot, [R.sub.4] = [R.sub.0] + 2% hydrolyzed maggot, [R.sub.5] = [R.sub.0] + 4% hydrolyzed maggot, [R.sub.6] = [R.sub.0] + 6% hydrolyzed maggot. Variables observed were feed intake (FI), total weight (TW), weight gain (WG), feed conversion ratio (FCR), crude protein digestibility (CPD), and crude fiber digestibility (CFD). The data were analyzed utilizing Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Tukey's honestly significance difference (HSD) test was also conducted. The results demonstrated that the addition of maggot meal had a significant impact (P Key words: enzymes, digestibility, larvae, performance, sentul-chicken, tempeh, supplementation, hydrolysis, INTRODUCTION Sentul chicken, originating from Ciamis district, is a native Indonesian breed that has the potential to be developed as both meat and egg producing chicken due to its advantageous [...]