Table 3.
Comparison between separate-sex and straight-run rearing for the Korean native female chickens on body weight (BW) and BW coefficient of variation (CV)

Age (weeks) Body weight (g) Coefficient of variation (%)
Separate-sex Straight-run Separate-sex Straight-run
Day-old 42.1±2.9b 43.1±3a 6.6±1.6 5.7±1.7
2 230.6±21.9a 222.8±31.3b 9.0±1.9b 12.0±3.8a
4 613.3±52.6 602.4±72.9 8.1±1.9 9.6±3.9
6 1,093.3±93.9 1,082±128.7 7.8±2.5 9.5±4.7
8 1,550.8±134.6 1,540±171.6 7.7±2.7 8.4±4.9
10 1,957.9±191.4 1,956.6±208.8 8.5±3.9 8.6±4.4
12 2,278.3±218.2 2,319.1±258.3 8.6±2.5 8.9±3.9