Table 3. Effects of breed, laying age and egg storage period on the weight and feed consumption of chicks after hatching

Factors In-put egg weight (g) Body weight(g) Feed consumption (g/chick/7days)
Hatching 7d Weight gain
Breed (A) Jaeraejong 50.6±5.6c 37.4±4.5c 48.6±6.8b 11.2±8.6a 33.6±3.5a
K. Rhode 54.6±5.5b 40.5±4.6b 46.3±6.3c 5.7±7.6b 27.6±5.0b
K. Leghorn 59.0±6.3a 43.7±4.9a 49.9±5.9a 5.9±7.8b 32.1±3.2a
Laying age (B) 27~29wk 50.6±4.9b 37.4±4.0b 48.8±6.9a 11.6±7.7a 32.4±5.0a
50~52wk 58.9±5.8a 44.2±4.5a 47.9±6.1b 3.7±7.1b 29.8±4.1b
Egg storage period (C) 3d 55.7±6.2a 41.5±4.8a 48.7±6.9 7.2±8.5 30.9±3.7
7d 54.5±7.0b 40.3±5.7b 48.3±6.1 7.9±8.2 31.3±5.3
14d 54.1±6.9b 40.0±5.7b 47.9±6.4 7.9±8.2 31.0±5.0
P values A <0001 <0001 <0001 <0001 <0001
B <0001 <0001 0.0093 <0001 0.0085
C <0001 <0001 0.0955 0.832 0.9578
A × B <0001 <0001 0.8414 0.3277 0.5822
A × C 0.9482 0.4588 0.0743 0.1353 0.6910
B × C <0001 <0001 0.1776 0.3378 0.2137
A × B × C 0.6762 0.8816 0.7548 0.9116 0.7799
Values are mean±standard deviation.
The different superscripts within column in each factor significantly differ.