Table 6. Annual average days at first egg-laying in 5 Korean native chicken strains

KNC-Black KNC-Grayish Brown KNC-Reddish Brown KNC-White KNC-Yellowish Brown Mean
1995 151.6 153.1 150.8 146.2 151.5 150.6bcd
1996 148.6 152.5 145.8 143.8 145.8 147.3cde
1997 146.5 150.7 149.5 149.1 149.0 149.0bcde
1998 149.3 139.5 142.9 140.2 141.5 142.7de
2000 145.6 - 141.7 - 141.1 142.8de
2001 156.0 - 152.9 - 151.4 153.4abc
2002 149.7 - 147.5 - 147.4 148.2cde
2003 144.6 144.0 148.8 135.9 143.2 143.3de
2004 162.8 - 156.6 - 155.0 158.1ab
2005 167.3 - 160.7 - 158.7 162.2a
2006 163.2 - 153.3 - 152.2 156.2abc
2007 162.0 - 155.8 - 152.1 156.6abc
2008 163.6 - 150.9 - 145.7 153.4abc
2009 149.2 151.1 137.6 143.4 135.4 143.3de
2010 150.0 145.6 138.5 145.4 135.6 143.0de
2011 150.0 139.8 139.1 139.1 135.4 140.7e
2017 129.0 138.0 128.0 128.0 122.0 129.0f
Mean±SE 152.3±2.3A 146.0±2.0B 147.1±2.0B 141.2±2.1C 144.9±2.2BC 146.9±1.1
The different superscripts within column significantly differ (P<0.01).
The different superscripts within row significantly differ (P<0.01).