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 |