Table 8 Stock size difference at initial and present number of chicken across states
Type of chicken | Stocksize at | Mean number of chicken stock size raised at local states of (S.D.) | Total | F-value |
Ekiti | Lagos | Ogun | Ondo | Oyo |
Layers | Initial | 146.60(183.46)aA | 452.29(573.82)cB | 228.44(500.04)bB | 91.92(139.74)aA | 218.66(445.22)bB | 269.62(418.05)A | 5.55** |
Present | 409.95(478.67)bA | 510.91(848.10)bB | 273.2(512.14)aB | 271.74(534.61)aB | 766.16(144.74)bB | 476.04(858.78)B | 2.81* |
Broilers | Initial | 185.10(366.62)bA | 168.67(440.74)bA | 48.67(82.38)aA | 81.98(102.84)aA | 37.5(80.38)aA | 107.33(273.00)A | 3.19* |
Present | 412.34(705.12)cA | 105.43(140.08)bA | 25.44(60.24)aA | 192.0(340.75)bA | 51.02(111.74)aA | 157.23(381.75)B | 8.93** |
Cockerel | Initial | 155.85(320.35)bA | 113.50(460.37)bA | 52.8(92.44)aA | 55.20(108.18)aA | 45.5(92.43)aA | 104.1(269.72)A | 4.01* |
Present | 370.75(752.11)cA | 215.89(403.49)bA | 26.33(61.81)aA | 118.48(318.64)abA | 61.2(137.28)abA | 158.14(425.91)B | 5.34* |
Total initial stock size | 487.55(606.72)aA | 855.29(1311.31)bA | 329.91(546.53)aA | 259.1(229.21)aA | 309.66(455.21)aA | 481.05(740.63)A | 5.42** |
Total present stock size | 1195.17(1555.17)cB | 834.33(1152.85)bA | 324.97(512.75)aA | 585.42(788.66)aB | 880.38(1450.89)bB | 791.62(117.09)B | 3.67* |
Total growth rate (%) | 241.76(293.58)b | 30.08(125.70)a | 25.04(153.47)a | 261.85(777.56)b | 216.16(320.34)b | 157.64(424.25) | 3.81* |
S.D. in parenthesis means standard deviations. The small letters of superscripts were significantly different within rows (p<0.05). The capital letters of superscripts were significantly different within columns (p<0.05).
** F-value with superscripts was significantly different within rows of highest stock size (p<0.01).
* F-value with superscripts was significantly different within rows of highest stock size or of percent (p<0.05).