Table 9.
Farmers’ preferences for specific traits in plumage colors and comb types of female (F) and male (M) chickens in different regions (percentage of farmersa)
| Preferred characteristics | Farta | Mandura | Horro | Konso | Sheka | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | |
| Plumage color | ||||||||||||
| White | 68 | 76 | 46 | 33 | 19 | 29 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 32 | 32 |
| Red | 43 | 45 | 68 | 74 | 81 | 86 | 83 | 85 | 90 | 67 | 73 | 71 |
| Any color | 11 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
| Comb type | ||||||||||||
| Single (Netella) | 12 | 6 | 37 | 4 | 25 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 50 | 11 | 26 | 5 |
| “Dirib” | 82 | 94 | 52 | 84 | 75 | 94 | 93 | 100 | 36 | 79 | 68 | 90 |
| Any type | 6 | 0 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 5 |
aPercentages do not add up to 100% since respondents in some cases preferred more than one trait