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 feather sexed identified using their feathering. The Ciara layer with its beautiful brown eggs is a strong performer for either egg or meat production with the males, making it a true dual purpose chicken. Thanks to her heavy bodyweight of 2788 g at 75 weeks, you can get the most value at the end of the season. Benefiting from the high laying genetic performance of its pedigree lines, you can expect 302 eggs at 75 weeks.

Laying period data:

Egg production (cumulative) at 75 weeks: 302
Body weight at 5% production: 2205 g
Body weight at 75 weeks: 2788 g
Average feed intake from 20 to 75 weeks: 46.9 kg
Produced egg mass: 18.5 kg
Average feed per egg: 155 g

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.

Feather sexable chicks

The Ciara produces feather sexable chicks.

Male growing performance

Age in days	Male body weight (g)	FCR
1
7	98
14	180
21	310	2.12
28	440	2.37
35	630	2.53
42	800	2.68
49	910	2.77
56	1150	2.80
63	1350	3.05
70	1530	3.18
77	1700	3.30
84	1870	3.49

Laying performance

Age in weeks	Body weight theo. (g)	Weekly laying theo. (%)	Cumulative egg production theo.	Egg weight theo. (g)	Feed consumption theo. (g)
21	2220	24	2	44	109
27	2315	93	36	53	119
40	2495	87	118	60	121
50	2595	82	177	62	121
60	2695	77	233	62	121
75	2788	71	302	62	121

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.