Table 2. Body weight(BW) of male and female Korean Leghorn (LEG), Gyeongbuk Araucana (ARA), Korean native chicken (KNC), Korean ogye (Ogye), Hyunindak (HIL) and Heongseongyakdak (HYD) at hatching, 8, 16 and 32 weeks of age

Parameters	LEG	ARA	KNC	Ogye	HIL	HYD	P-value1
Male
BW_hatching (g)	44.2±4.2a	45.5±2.5a	39.9±3.3b	33.7±3.1c	37.0±4.5c	-	<.0001+
BW_8 wks (kg)	0.70±0.15c	0.90±0.08a	0.83±0.10ab	0.78±0.11bc	0.72±0.12bc	-	<.0001*
BW_16 wks (kg)	1.40±0.17b	1.91±0.18a	1.80±0.21a	1.53±0.14b	1.55±0.23b	-	<.0001*
BW_32 wks (kg)	1.88±0.27b	2.53±0.27a	2.38±0.33a	1.76±0.18b	1.91±0.32b	-	<.0001*
Female
BW_hatching (g)	42.5±4.1a	42.6±2.6a	39.5±3.5ab	36.8±3.0b	35.7±3.5b	29.3±1.0c	<.0001*
BW_ 8 wks (kg)	0.61±0.09b	0.72±0.07a	0.70±0.08ab	0.66±0.10ab	0.56±0.10b	0.28±0.05c	<.0001*
BW_16 wks (kg)	1.09±0.13c	1.36±0.09a	1.41±0.18a	1.12±0.12bc	1.20±0.15b	0.68±0.02d	<.0001+
BW_32 wks (kg)	1.43±0.17c	1.90±0.17a	1.69±0.23ab	1.52±0.21bc	1.53±0.23bc	1.01±0.19d	<.0001*

P-values indicate the variation in body weight at each weeks of age across the six breeds compared by ANOVA (^*) or Welch’s ANOVA (⁺).
Within a row, value with different superscripts differ (Scheffe’s test or Games-Howell test, P<0.05).