Table 3.

Welfare measures assessed at 3, 7, and 11 wk of age in Bresse-Gauloise (PURE) and Bresse-Gauloise × New Hampshire (CROSS) during the mixed-sex rearing period (n = 150).

	Score
Measure	1	2	3	4	P-value (χ2 test)
Foot pad lesions	Week 3
CROSS	0.0	0.0	4.0	96.0	0.32
PURE	0.0	0.0	2.6	97.4
	Week 7
CROSS	0.0	0.0	13.1	86.1	0.46
PURE	0.0	0.0	13.9	86.9
	Week 11
CROSS	0.0	0.0	9.3	90.8	0.01
PURE	0.0	0.0	1.6	98.4
Dirtiness	Week 3
CROSS	2.3			97.7	0.88
PURE	2.6			97.5
	Week 7
CROSS	0.7			99.6	0.10
PURE	6.0			94.0
	Week 11
CROSS	7.6			92.4	0.31
PURE	11.5			88.5