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 Silver Sabahia strain in El Sabahia Poultry Station. Silver Sabahia strain contributes 7/8 (87.5%) blood of Selected Lohman Leghorn (LSL) commercial strain and 1/8 (12.5%) blood of four developed strains using systems of breeding coupled with selection. The down color of the Silver Sabahia chicks is yellowish red. Adults' birds of Silver Sabahia are white in color and each feather is crossed of light bars. This strain has a columbian pattern with a single comb and white ear lobes. The beak is yellowish brown and the shanks and skin are yellow. The Silver 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 221 eggs, 56.5 g and 12500g, respectively. This new strain of chickens could be a threshold for producing dam parents of commercial egg type breed of chickens.
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