Table 4.

Time eating (min) and eating rate (g feed/min) in broiler breeder pullets at 7, 11, and 19 wk of age.

	7 wk		11 wk		19 wk
Effects	Eating time	Eating rate	Eating time	Eating rate	Eating time	Eating rate
Diet density
CON	83.7	0.64	73.6	0.90	98.9	0.89
DIL	86.0	0.72	76.9	0.98	105.0	0.95
SEM (n = 10)	4.6	0.04	5.3	0.07	4.7	0.05
Target body weight
RBW	81.8	0.65	70.3	0.94	92.6	0.95
HBW	87.9	0.70	80.2	0.94	111.3	0.88
SEM (n = 10)	4.6	0.04	5.3	0.07	4.7	0.05
Treatments
CON / RBW	81.0	0.61	69.2	0.88	90.6	0.91
CON / HBW	86.4	0.67	78.0	0.91	107.2	0.86
DIL / RBW	82.6	0.70	71.4	1.00	94.6	0.99
DIL / HBW	89.4	0.73	82.4	0.96	115.4	0.91
SEM (n = 5)	6.5	0.06	7.5	0.10	6.6	0.06
P-values
Diet	0.729	0.174	0.376	0.414	0.368	0.322
Target BW	0.364	0.415	0.341	0.974	0.008	0.313
Interaction	0.810	0.841	0.418	0.721	0.050	0.812