iarjalsIARJALSIARJALS2708-5104https://doi.org/10.47310/iarjals.2021.v02i02.007Comparative Evaluation of Locally Formulated Feed and Three Commercial Feeds on the Growth Performance and Profitability of Broilers ProductionHassanSheriffYusufBabaKimeKachallaUsmanRectory Department, Mai Idris Alooma Polytechnic Geidam. Yobe State,Nigeria.A study was conducted for the comparative evaluation of three commercially based feed and a locally formulated feed in order to determine the growth performance and profitability of broiler birds. Initially, a total of Two Hundred and Forty birds -Day Old Chicks- were fed on the same commercially based starter ration under the same environmental condition for three consecutive weeks to serve as a brooding period. During this phase, the birds were randomly divided into four (4) treatments with each treatment further divided into 4 replications by Complete Randomized Design (CRD) of Fifteen (15) birds per replica. The treatments were labelled as T₁ (VF), T₂ (HF), T₃ (TF) and T₄ (Locally Formulated Feed). Proximate analyses of all the four feeds were run to determine the relative composition of parameters such as carbohydrate, crude fiber, Lipid, protein, etc.  The average mean weight of the birds at the commencement of the study was ±430g as at the 3 weeks of brooding period. Consequently, the weight gain (g) was taken weekly and recorded for five consecutive. The result of the study indicates that the average weight gain in kilogram (Kg) for T₁, T₂, T₃ and T₄ were 1.92, 1.69, 1.61 and 1.44 respectively. However, the Feed cost in Naira (₦) per kg gain was 594.00, 505.92, 526.40 and 367.5 correspondingly for T₁, T₂, T₃ and T₄. This clearly indicates that although the three commercially based feeds are indisputably higher in terms of weight gain but their cost per kilogram (Kg) is also on the escalation as compared with the Locally Formulated Feed whose cost per Kilogram (Kg) is substantially lower even though it is also comparably lesser in terms of weight gain.