Abstract: To investigate the floor rearing with or without outdoor access on growth performance and meat quality of Jinghai yellow chicken. Eighty day-old Jinghai yellow chicken were randomly divided into two groups, the floor rearing with outdoor access and the floor rearing without outdoor access, 40 chicken for each group (20 cocks and 20 hens). The two groups were fed with basal diets. The results showed that the floor rearing without outdoor access could improve growth performance of broilers; the floor rearing with outdoor access could reduce abdominal fat rate and improve leg muscle percentage extremely;the floor rearing with outdoor access could significantly increase shearing force and reduce tenderness ,tend to improve pH value, meat color, and water keep ratio.

Key words: the floor rearing with or without outdoor access; Jinghai yellow chicken; growth performance; meat quality