Table 1. Comparison of survival rates between early-feathering (EF) and late-feathering (LF) Korean native chickens
Sources | Growing period (0~15 wk, %) | Laying period (16~52 wk, %) | Hatching to 52 wk (0~52 wk, %) |
♂ | EF | 96.14±5.40 | 85.30±6.86 | 81.94±7.11 |
LF | 97.65±4.66 | 91.20±9.32 | 89.26±11.71 |
♀ | EF | 95.21±6.44 | 93.68±9.28 | 89.19±10.63 |
LF | 96.14±6.61 | 98.00±4.41 | 94.52±6.78 |
Sex (S) | ♂ | 96.82±5.01 | 87.96±8.39b | 85.24±9.91b |
♀ | 95.55±13.25 | 94.80±13.93a | 90.57±14.37a |
P | 0.4305 | 0.0020 | 0.0378 |
Feathering (F) | EF | 95.40±6.21 | 91.97±9.42b | 87.71±10.38b |
LF | 96.94±5.87 | 95.45±7.21a | 92.55±9.08a |
P | 0.3762 | 0.0220 | 0.0166 |
S × F | P | 0.9493 | 0.7235 | 0.7068 |
Values (Means±SD) with different superscript within the same column significantly differ.