Table 1.
The effect of sex and feathering on body weight in Korean native commercial chickens

Sex	Feather-ing	Day-old	2 weeks	4 weeks	6 weeks	8 weeks	10 weeks	12 weeks
Male	Early	43.4±3.0	243.1±27.4^a	690.3±73.8^a	1,280.2±147.9^a	1,870.1±198.0^a	2,386.2±273.6^a	2,854.3±346.6^a
Male	Late	43.3±3.2	234.7±24.5^ab	679.9±69.4^a	1,261.7±146.8^a	1,821.7±211.7^a	2,331.5±281.7^a	2,814.1±298.8^a
Female	Early	43.2±3.1	224.6±31.5^bc	605.9±76.0^b	1,096.6±115.4^b	1,561.1±151.2^b	1,973.0±183.2^b	2,339.8±220.4^b
Female	Late	43.0±2.7	221.6±30.0^c	597.0±65.5^b	1,077.3±141.1^b	1,501.3±173.9^b	1,934.8±232.3^b	2,264.0±267.0^b
Sex(S)
	Male	43.4±3.0	240.3±26.7	686.9±72.4	1,274.2±147.4	1,854.2±203.4	2,368.3±276.8	2,841.0±331.4
	Female	43.1±3.0	223.6±30.9	602.9±72.6	1,090.1±124.7	1,541.6±161.0	1,960.8±200.4	2,316.2±237.9
	P-value	0.3026	<.0001^**	<.0001^**	<.0001^**	<.0001^**	<.0001^**	<.0001^**
Feathering(F)
	Early	43.3±3.0	234.0±30.8	648.8±85.9	1,190.9±161.6	1,719.3±234.7	2,182.5±311.7	2,598.0±388.1
	Late	43.1±2.9	228.2±28	638.7±79.0	1,169.5±170.7	1,666.1±251.6	2,140.4±325.9	2,551.4±395.2
	P-value	0.5886	0.0502	0.1868	0.1762	0.0043^**	0.0641	0.0584
P-value of S × F		0.9953	0.3564	0.913	0.976	0.7611	0.7423	0.5558

Values (Means±SD) with different superscript within the same column significantly differ (P<0.01).