Table 2. Effects of breed, laying age and egg storage period on the incubation time and the survival rate of chicks after hatching
Factors | | Incubation time (h) | Survival rate from 1d to 7d (%) |
Breed (A) | Jaeraejong | 460.7±8.4b | 96.5±5.2a |
K. Rhode | 467.3±7.5a | 96.0±5.8a |
K. Leghorn | 468.2±7.8a | 86.4±9.1b |
Laying age (B) | 27~29wk | 465.3±8.4 | 90.4±9.8b |
50~52wk | 465.6±8.9 | 95.5±5.4a |
Egg storage period (C) | 3d | 462.4±7.9c | 95.4±5.9 |
7d | 465.2±8.1b | 91.1±8.7 |
14d | 470.0±8.3a | 92.4±9.4 |
P values | A | <0001 | <0001 |
B | 0.6432 | 0.0013 |
C | <0001 | 0.0668 |
A X B | 0.5736 | 0.0293 |
A X C | 0.0568 | 0.5707 |
B X C | 0.4455 | 0.7962 |
A X B X C | 0.1579 | 0.7749 |
Values are mean±standard deviation.
The different superscripts within column in each factor significantly differ.