Table 5. Egg production performance of early-feathering (EF) and late-feathering (LF) Korean native chickens
Feathering types
Age at first egg laying
Egg weight at
Hen-day egg production (20~40wks)
150d
270d
day
g
%
EF chickens
140±0.2
b
35.3±2.2
52.0±4.4
35.6±12.5
b
LF chickens
146±2.1
a
35.1±2.9
51.2±4.1
44.1±10.9
a
Values (Means±SD) with different superscript within the same column significantly differ (
P
<0.05).