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.