This research was done in poultry field of the Department of animals production, College of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Mosul. The duration of the research was 42 days for period from 13/11/2021 to 24 /12/2021. Unsexed day one -old broiler chicks were reared in litter at the beginning, in the second week chicks randomly distributed into four treatments, with three replicates for each treatment, They were as follows: T1: control diet (without added charcoal), T2: standard diet 3%, charcoal T3: standard diet with 5% charcoal, T4: standard diet with 7% charcoal. The results of statistical analysis shows no significant effect in live body weight, relative growth rate, feed conversion ratio, productivity, and mortality rates, with a significant superiority of the charcoal addition treatments compared to the control treatment in the rate of weight gain, the production index and the production factor. A significant increase in feed consumption was also observed for the treatment of added charcoal by 7% compared to the control treatment.
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