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The aim of this study was to evaluate carcass characteristics of the naked neck, normal and dwarf strains of indigenous Tswana chickens (ITC). A total of 88 (naked neck: 25 females and 9 males, normal: 14 females and 19 males and dwarf: 11 females and 10 males) ITC were used for the study. The carcass traits evaluated included live weight at 20 weeks of age, carcass weight, dressing percentage, primal cuts (breast, back, drumstick, thigh, wing, neck and shank) weight, giblets (gizzard, liver and heart) weight and feather weight. Sex had a significant influence on carcass characteristics of ITC and males had higher live weight, carcass weight, dressing percentage, primal cuts weight and giblets weight than their age-matched female counterparts. Generally, naked neck males and females had the highest live weight, carcass weight, dressing percentage, primal cuts weight and giblets weight and dwarf males and females had the lowest weights in those parameters. The naked neck strain thus shows the greatest promise for possible selection and development of meat type chicken of ITC.

Carcass traits of the naked-neck, dwarf and normal strains of indigenous Tswana chickens under an intensive management system