Table 4.
Average daily feed intake of Korean native chickens raised under the separate-sex and straight-run rearing system

Age (weeks) Sex separated Straight-run
Male Female
(grams/day)
0-2 29.7±1.2a 27.5±1.2b 27.5±1.6b
2-4 83.9±4.5a 72.7±2.5c 77.8±4.2b
4-6 92.5±6.1a 83.0±4.6c 86.8±5.9b
6-8 115.8±6.6a 107.2±5.8b 109.2±5.0b
8-10 135.9±8.2a 108.7±4.7b 110.1±5.6b
10-12 136.2±17.9a 120.8±5.9b 137.8±14.4a
Total feed intake(0-12) 8,454.1±362.0a 7,414.4±548.1c 7,977.0±747.2b