Table 2.
Means and standard deviations for body weight at different ages of Creole chickens.
| Age (D) | Body weight (g) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Male (n = 177)1 | Female (n = 170)1 | |
| 0 | 37.2 ± 4.7 | 36.5 ± 5.2 |
| 3 | 51.9 ± 8.3 | 49.9 ± 7.7 |
| 6 | 63.3 ± 9.6 | 60.5 ± 9.5 |
| 9 | 81.2 ± 14.9 | 76.1 ± 13.4 |
| 12 | 101.9 ± 17.6 | 95.5 ± 16.1 |
| 15 | 130.9 ± 24.2 | 121.4 ± 21.5 |
| 18 | 163.0 ± 30.3 | 150.8 ± 25.8 |
| 21 | 196.7 ± 38.8 | 181.6 ± 33.2 |
| 24 | 228.0 ± 43.3 | 207.7 ± 35.0 |
| 27 | 259.7 ± 49.5 | 232.9 ± 40.5 |
| 30 | 303.1 ± 59.2 | 270.1 ± 46.5 |
| 33 | 342.9 ± 68.2 | 304.0 ± 51.3 |
| 36 | 390.0 ± 78.4 | 348.9 ± 59.7 |
| 39 | 433.3 ± 86.7 | 382.4 ± 68.3 |
| 42 | 487.8 ± 94.1 | 428.1 ± 75.5 |
| 45 | 543.9 ± 108.7 | 468.8 ± 84.2 |
| 48 | 582.8 ± 116.0 | 500.5 ± 87.8 |
| 51 | 645.6 ± 126.6 | 549.9 ± 95.3 |
| 54 | 697.3 ± 133.1 | 594.3 ± 103.3 |
| 57 | 768.5 ± 148.6 | 644.5 ± 113.1 |
| 72 | 1,051.4 ± 203.8 | 850.1 ± 151.4 |
| 87 | 1,292.9 ± 241.8 | 1,023.2 ± 174.0 |
| 102 | 1,542.8 ± 268.6 | 1,191.3 ± 209.3 |
| 117 | 1,787.7 ± 323.1 | 1,323.4 ± 209.6 |
| 132 | 1,992.4 ± 342.2 | 1,445.0 ± 244.1 |
| 147 | 2,141.9 ± 364.5 | 1,524.9 ± 257.8 |
| 162 | 2,268.3 ± 377.3 | 1,641.5 ± 298.1 |
| 177 | 2,409.2 ± 410.7 | 1,749.3 ± 306.6 |
Abbreviation: n, sample size.
1
Only 347 Creole chickens reached the end of the study. The percentage of mortality was 19.0%.