PRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE THAT INFLUENCED BY DIETARY FENUGREEK, ALFA-ALFA AND THEIR MIXTURE IN BROILERS AND SENSORY CHARACTERISTIC

The aim of the study was to compare the productive performance of broiler chickens when fed a traditional standard feed and the same feed supplemented with Fenugreek or/and alfalfa. One hundred and twenty one day old un sexed broiler chicks of the strain Ross 308, that were divided into four groups each included 30 birds with three replicated 10 birds in each replicated which reared for 35 days, the first group (control group G1): chicks were fed on a basic diet without any addition ,the second group fed on a basic diet with 2.5 gm fenugreek (G2)/ Kg diet ,the third group fed on a basic diet with 2.5 gm alfalfa (G3)/Kg diet ,the fourth group was fed on a basic diet with 2.5 gm fenugreek and 2.5 gm alfalfa /Kg diet(G4) .The productive parameters were calculated weekly throughout the experimental period. The mixture of fenugreek and alfalfa significantly affected and improve weekly body weight, weight gain, feed intake and feed conversion ratio in treated groups compared with control group. Mortality was zero in all groups . The results of sensory test showed that flavor, taste, juiciness, and color in breast and thigh muscles were higher in addition groups as compared with control, except that moderate juiciness and tenderness in fenugreek group as compared with control.