Ciara

The SASSO Ciara features rich, dark feathers that are truly unique in the industry. It is a strong, hearty bird that can thrive in backyard and free-range farms. Each chick produced from the Ciara can be sex identified using their feathering. The Ciara layer is a strong performer for either egg or meat production with the males. Thanks to her bodyweight, you can get the most value at the end of the season.

Laying period data:

  • Egg production (cumulative) at 75 weeks: 297
  • Body weight at 5% production: 1969 g
  • Body weight at 75 weeks: 2934 g
  • Average feed intake from 20 to 75 weeks: 49.3 kg
  • Produced egg mass: 18.1 kg
  • Average feed per egg: 166 g
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Unique benefits

Perfect for free range production

The SASSO Ciara easily thrives in traditional farming environments.

Dual purpose chicken

This black chicken breed offers both great performance in egg production and meat.

Autosexing chicks

The Ciara produces feather sexable chicks.

Male growing performance

Age in days Male body weight (g) FCR
1 37
7 98
14 195
21 300 1.53
28 483 1.75
35 681 1.95
42 905 2.13
49 1140 2.29
56 1357 2.48
63 1624 2.68
70 1844 2.95
77 2031 3.26
84 2199 3.61

Laying performance

Age in weeks Body weight theo. (g) Total layreal (%) Cumulative egg production theo. Egg weight theo. (g) Feed consumption theo. (g)
21 2036 20.0 2 42 125
27 2440 92.5 30 55 138
40 2567 85.6 111 62 131
50 2692 80.3 169 63 125
60 2797 75.0 223 63 119
75 2934 67.1 297 64 112

These recommendations, based on our experience, are intended to allow the expression of our strains’ genetic potential in normal operations without any responsibility on the part of SASSO. An environment, biosecurity conditions, the geographical location, or specific equipment might require adaptations that have not been taken in consideration in these general recommendations.

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