Table 1.
Survival rate and egg production performance of the 5 Korean native chicken breed
Breeds | Survival rate (%) | Age at first egg laying (d) | Ave. hen-day egg production from 22 to 50 wks (%) | Egg weight at 32 wks (g) |
Korean Rhode Island Red | 99.0±0.0 | 127.9±2.7b | 60.7±11.4b | 56.7±3.6ab |
Korean White Leghorn | 96.5±3.8 | 120.0±1.8d | 74.8±12.6a | 59.3±4.2a |
Korean Ogye | 91.1±7.8 | 127.5±2.4b | 36.4±10.7c | 48.2±3.7c |
Korean Brown Cornish | 93.0±8.4 | 143.1±5.3a | 9.9±5.8d | 55.3±5.8b |
Hwanggalsaek Jaeraejong | 95.1±3.1 | 122.3±3.6c | 41.8±15.1c | 50.3±2.8c |
Means | 94.9±5.3 | 128.6±9.0 | 44.7±24.8 | 54.5±5.4 |