Table 3. Comparison of body weight between crossbred Korean native chickens and Hy-Line Brown from weeks 18 to 64

Period Treatments1 SEM2 P-value
CFCK CFYC CFYD CKCF CKYC CKYD YCCF YCCK YCYD YDCF YDCK YDYC Hy-Line Brown
Body weight (g)
Week 18 1,284.1abc 1,315.2bcd 1,264.4abc 1,426.8d 1,301.1abcd 1,268.1abc 1,175.9a 1,222.9ab 1,330.8bcd 1,174.8a 1,274.7abc 1,386.9cd 1,326.4bcd 11.635 0.003
Week 28 1,704.5a 1,835.7abcd 1,812.4abc 1,911.0bcd 1,763.3ab 1,733.3a 1,789.3abc 1,816.4abc 1,984.1d 1,799.8abc 1,849.0abcd 1,927.9cd 1,918.9bcd 13.661 0.001
Week 64 1,862.4 1,969.2 1,927.4 1,909.5 1,958.7 1,942.8 1,944.5 2,066.4 2,184.9 1,925.9 1,901.7 2,081.3 1,960.0 24.218 0.276
Week 18–64 1,617.0a 1,706.7abc 1,668.1ab 1,749.1abc 1,674.4ab 1,648.0ab 1,636.6a 1,701.9abc 1,833.3c 1,633.5a 1,675.1ab 1,798.7bc 1,735.1abc 13.365 0.031
Values in a row with different superscripts differ significantly (P<0.05).
C, D: Korean Rhode Island; F, K: Korean Leghorn; Y: Korean domestic chicken.
SEM, standard error of the means.