PENGARUH PEMBERIAN TEPUNG DAUN MINT (Mentha Piperita L) TERHADAP PRODUKTIVITAS TELUR BURUNG PUYUH

This study aims to find out the effect of mint leaf flour on the productivity of laying quails. A 200 of laying quail were allotted to a Complete RandomIzed Design (CRD) with 5 treatments and 4 replicates. The treaments were as follows: P0 = basal rations without the use of mint leaf flour, P1 = 99.7 basal rations + 0.3% mint leaf flour, P2 = 99.4?sal ration + 0.6% mint leaf flour, P3 = 99.1?sal ration + 0.9% mint leaf flour and P4 = 98.8?sal ration + 1.2% mint leaf flour. The variables were ration consumption (g), egg production percentage (%) egg mass (g) and feed conversiaon rasio (FCR). The results showed that the use of mint leaf flour in the rations had no significant effect on ration consumption, percentage of egg production, egg mass and FCR (P>0.05). Therefore, it could be concluded that the provision of mint leaf flour with levels of 0.3%, 0.6%, 0.9% and 1.2% in rations produced no significabt effect on laying quail productivity.

Keywords: Quail, Mint leaf flour, Productivity