Group | chickens age 1–28 days old | chickens age 28–42 days old | chickens age 1–42 days old | ||||||
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body weight gain (kg) | Feed intake (kg) | FCR | body weight gain (kg) | Feed intake (kg) | FCR | body weight gain (kg) | Feed intake (kg) | FCR | |
1 (n = 6) | 9.62 ± 0.78a | 15.12 ± 0.41a,b | 1.55 ± 0.11a | -# | - | - | - | - | - |
2 (n = 7) | 10.08 ± 0.57a | 14.73 ± 0.74a | 1.46 ± 0.03b | 0.67 ± 2.73a | 12.28 ± 1.12a | ## | 10.75 ± 1.44a | 27.02 ± 1.68a | 2.51 ± 0.09a |
3 (n = 7) | 10.25 ± 0.49a | 15.54 ± 0.38b | 1.52 ± 0.07a,b | 3.20 ± 1.71b | 14.11 ± 1.06b | 5.59 ± 2.88 | 14.68 ± 1.00b | 29.65 ± 1.26b | 2.02 ± 0.06b |