Effect of Varying Supplementation of Vitamin C on the Performance and Short Term Egg Quality.....

A twelve-week study was done to see how different levels of vitamin C supplementation affected layer hen performance and short-term egg quality metrics. The study used 140 aged layer chickens (Golden Nest-link strains) with an average body weight of 1.6kg. The hens were transferred and randomly assigned to four food treatments (T1, T2, T3, and T4) in a battery cage setup with 35 birds per treatment in a completely randomised experimental design at the first point of lay (20 weeks). Each treatment comprised five duplicates, each with seven birds. Treatment T1, T2, T3, and T4 each received varied amounts of vitamin C in their drinking water, ranging from 0mg to 200mg, 300mg, and 400mg. Vitamin C had a significant (P0.05) effect on average egg quantity, egg weight, shell weight, body weight, egg length, egg diameter, and total number of eggs laid by the birds, according to the findings. In addition, vitamin C had a statistically significant (P0.05) impact on the interior egg parameters. In conclusion, birds given vitamin C supplementation performed the best (P0.05) in all of the criteria tested; consequently, 400mg of vitamin C supplementation in layer hen feeding is recommended in their drinking water.

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