Improvements of Laying Performance of Ducks Integrated in Rice Production

Abstract

The study was conducted at PhilRice area of Capiz State University, Pontevedra, Capiz from June 8, 2019-october 3, 2019 to find out the effects of Ducks integrated to rice production in terms of height, tillers, percent of filled grains, and weight of grains per hill and to evaluate the Laying Performance of Ducks Integrated in Rice Production. The experiment was conducted in a Randomized Complete Block Design with four treatments replicated three times. Treatment - A: Control ( without ducks), Treatment - B: 2 hours exposure of ducks in the rice field, Treatment - C: 4 hours exposure of ducks in the rice field, Treatment - D: 6 hours exposure of ducks in the rice field. The analysis of variance for RCBD was used to test the significant difference in the data gathered, and LSMD was used to test the significant mean difference among treatments at a 5% level of Probability. Results showed highly significant differences among treatments at 7, 14, 21, 28, 35, 42, 49, and 56 days after transplanting. Highly significant results were observed among treatment means on the number of tillers at 21, 42, and 49 days after transplanting, and significant at 7, 14, 28, and 56 days after transplanting. Results showed no significant differences across weeks of measurement for the parameters of laying efficiency and average egg production.