Table 5.

Housing and dietary effects on age at sexual maturity and 50 % egg production.

	Age at sexual maturity (days)	Age at 50 % egg production (days)
Housing effects with the experimental diet
Cage rearing	38.85	78.60
Floor rearing	40.72	80.42
SEM	0.46	0.431
Significance	⁎⁎	⁎⁎
Housing effects with commercial layer diet
Cage rearing	37.97	76.92
Floor rearing	38.85	78.35
SEM	0.207	0.356
Significance	⁎⁎	⁎⁎
Diet effects on cage
Experimental diet	38.85	78.6
Commercial layer diet	37.97	76.92
SEM	0.195	0.374
Significance	⁎⁎	⁎⁎
Diet effects on floor
Experimental diet	40.72	80.42
Commercial layer diet	38.85	78.35
SEM	0.47	0.422
Significance	⁎⁎	⁎⁎

^⁎⁎p < 0.05, ED=Experimental diet, CLD= Commercial Layer Diet, Cage rearing, Floor rearing.