Table 3.
Effect of chicken breed on hatching performance

Breeds Fertility (%) Hatchability of fertile eggs (%) Embryonic mortality (%) Dead inshelled eggs (%)
Early Middle Late
Hwanggalsaek Jaeraejong 90.3±5.1a 74.8±14.3a 8.6±6.3b 1.1±2.0 10.0±10.2 5.6±6.8
Kor. Rhode 85.1±8.7b 65.5±16.9b 17.3±12.2a 1.8±2.7 10.1±8.3 5.4±5.3
Kor. Leghorn 93.2±4.6a 78.4±9.8a 9.2±8.1b 1.6±2.1 6.9±5.1 3.9±4.1
Means 89.5±7.2 72.9±15.0 11.7±10.0 1.5±2.3 9.0±8.3 5.0±5.6
The different superscripts within column significantly differ.