Growth Performance of Starter Phase Crossbred Native Chickens Fed Silage of Banana Peel

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Banana peel is one of the non-conventional feed ingredients, but its utilization is still limited due to high content of crude fiber and tannins. The usage of 10% tapioca and 21 days of fermentation time in silage production was able to reduce crude fiber and tannin levels of kepok banana peel. A four-week dietary treatment was conducted with 160 day old of joper strain, a cross-bred native chickens, to determine the utilization silage of banana peel (SBP). The birds were randomly assigned to four dietary treatments with five replication of eight chicks each in a completely randomized design. The treatments consisted of banana peel silage inclusion at 0, 10, 20, and 30% in the diet. Data were analyze by analysis of variance (ANOVA) and means were compared using Duncan’s Multiple Range Test. The results showed that inclusion of SBP had significant effect (p0.05) on weight gain and feed conversion, but had no significant effect (p0.05) on feed intake. It was concluded that the optimal growth response of broilers was indicated in the inclusion of SBP up to 10% of the diet.Keywords: feed conversion, feed intake, silage banana peel, silage weight gain