Table 3.
Effect of fennel, black cumin and red pepper supplementation on the productive performance of laying hens.
| Parameters | Treatments1 |
SEM | P-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CON | T1 | T2 | T3 | |||
| BW, g | ||||||
| Initial BW | 1,589.0 | 1,588.9 | 1,588.2 | 1,589.9 | 3.48 | 0.96 |
| Final BW | 1,786.2 | 1,804.7 | 1,808.3 | 1,814.2 | 11.87 | 0.18 |
| BW gain | 197.17 | 215.73 | 220.07 | 224.33 | 9.234 | 0.08 |
| Feed intake, g/hen | ||||||
| Week 32–36 | 112.99 | 110.39 | 111.97 | 111.61 | 1.987 | 0.64 |
| Week 36–40 | 126.99 | 125.01 | 126.15 | 125.99 | 1.123 | 0.42 |
| Week 32–40 | 119.99 | 117.70 | 119.06 | 118.80 | 0.999 | 0.22 |
SEM = standard error of the mean.
1 CON: control, the basal diet; T1: the basal diet + 0.5% fennel seeds; the basal diet + T2: 0.5% black cumin seeds; T3: the basal diet + 0.5% hot red pepper.