Producing egg-type commercial breeds of chickens locally, must be done. Certain attempts had been made to develop some foundation stocks to be utilized in the process of producing egg-type commercial breeds of chickens. Performance studies for the developed foundation stocks proved that further development could be made in order to utilize the new foundation stocks for the process of producing commercial breeds of chickens. In this study, a new foundation stock was developed for egg production named as Golden Sabahia strain in El Sabahia Poultry Station. Golden Sabahia strain contributes 7/8 (87.5%) blood of Lohman brown (LB) commercial strain and 1/8 (12.5%) blood of four developed strains using systems of breeding coupled with selection. The down color of the Golden Sabahia chicks is yellowish red. Adults' birds of Golden Sabahia are buff in color and each feather is crossed of light bars. This strain has a columbian pattern with a single comb and red ear lobes. The beak is yellowish brown and, the shanks and skin are yellow. The Golden Sabahia strain was found to be superior to the four developed strain with respect to average annuals egg mass production. Averages annuals egg number, egg weight and egg mass were 219 egg, 57.5 g and 12600 g , respectively. This new strain of chickens could be a threshold for producing sire parents of commercial egg type breed of chickens.
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