Table 1. Effect of LED colors on overall performance in brown laying hens housed on floor

Parameters LED colors SEM P-values
Red Blue Green White
HDEP (%) 87.24A 85.38Ab 83.79C 86.05Ab 0.398 0.005
Egg weight (g/egg) 62.98B 63.63B 64.88A 63.08B 0.257 0.013
Egg mass (g/day/bird) 53.90 54.12 54.30 54.33 0.316 0.969
Feed intake (g/day/bird) 138.61 133.27 134.65 135.15 0.768 0.066
FCR 2.57 2.47 2.48 2.50 0.016 0.099
HDEP, Hen day egg production; FCR, Feed conversion ratio (g feed : g egg mass); SEM, Standard error of means.
Means in same rows with different superscripts are significantly different (P<0.05).