Caracterización faneróptica de la gallina de campo de la Región Interandina del Ecuador

Abstract

In Tunshi Experimental Station of the Superior Politechnical College of Chimborazo located in the Licto parish of canton Riobamba the characterization of Interandean region of Ecuador field hen was realized, the experimental analysis had a duration of 90 days; distributed in the field hens first-hand observations obtained from 6 selected provinces; these observations were submitted to descriptive analysis expressed in percentages characterized by parameters such like: ethnic character, feathers colour, feathers distribution, hen comb type, ear and tarsus, skin and beak color, tarsus feathers presence, the results were: Ecuadorian field hens have yellow skin and beak color (42.84% and 47.93%) , jasper brown feathers (22.43% and 26.50%), except for Chimborazo hens who have black feathers (29.57%), average feathers distribution (66%), simple comb (59.15%), the predominance of ears color all over the provinces is red (77.5%), Cañar and Chimborazo hens have black tarsus (29.57%) unlike most of over hens that come from other provinces who have yellow (37.74%); tarsus 50% of hens that come from Tungurahua province have feathers in the tarsus. It recommends that the qualitative results obtained of the field hens get connected to genotypic testing by means of molecular markers, to think to the group of birds that belong to creocle biotype.