The Effect of Feeding Whole Grains Millet on the General Performance of Broilers at Finisher Phase

A total of 126 broiler finishers were fed diets containing millet as the major source of energy. Three diets were formulated to contain 0% of the millet as whole grain to serve as control (Diet 1). Diet 2 contained 50% of the millet as whole grain while Diet 3 had its millet as 100% whole grain. The study was conducted to determine the effect of whole grain millet on the performance of the birds. The three treatments were replicated three times each. Results showed that feed intake, water intake, body weight gain and feed conversion ratio were not significantly affected (P>0.05) by feeding portions of millet as whole grain in the diet