Table 2.

Effects of genetic laying hen crossbred on egg characteristics and embryonic development at day 14.5 of incubation (E14.5).

	Genetic crossbred		SEM	P-value
	AB	BB
n	91	92
Egg weight d 0, g	61.28	61.39	0.65	0.56
Egg weight E14.5, g1	55.68	55.90	0.14	0.29
Egg weight loss E14.5, g	5.67	5.47	0.14	0.32
Egg weight loss E14.5, %	9.25	8.91	0.24	0.31
Residual yolk weight E14.5, g1	13.11	13.11	0.21	0.99
Yolk-free body mass E14.5, g1	13.23	12.96	0.31	0.11

¹Corrected for egg weight at day 0.