Table 6.

Effect of diet on average daily feed disappearance (ADFI), egg-to-feed ratio (Egg: Feed), and body weight (BW) of hens in Experiment 1.¹

		Brassica napus		Brassica juncea		Pooled	P-value
	Control	Meal	Cake	Meal	Cake	SEM	Diet
ADFI, g
Weeks 1 to 4	94.3b	102.8a	102.5a	101.3a	103.4a	2.0	0.005
Weeks 5 to 8	100.1b	111.8a	108.3a	106.6a	109.1a	2.7	0.018
Weeks 9 to 12	110.5	109.5	111.2	108.1	114.2	3.4	0.786
Weeks 13 to 16	111.3	101.8	105.3	104.0	105.3	2.8	0.245
Weeks 17 to 20	111.8	103.9	106.9	103.2	108.2	3.5	0.348
Weeks 21 to 24	117.5	121.3	112.6	109.8	115.4	3.9	0.316
Weeks 25 to 28	109.8	118.0	109.7	107.9	116.8	3.8	0.164
Weeks 29 to 32	111.6	111.1	102.3	100.9	109.6	4.3	0.153
Weeks 33 to 36	117.8	121.7	111.2	111.5	114.5	3.4	0.176
Overall	109.4a,b	111.4a	107.8b,c	105.9c	110.8a,b	1.8	0.006
Egg:Feed, g:g
Weeks 1 to 4	0.603a	0.560b	0.545b	0.565b	0.556b	0.012	0.023
Weeks 5 to 8	0.569a	0.520b	0.506b	0.525b	0.519b	0.014	0.044
Weeks 9 to 12	0.551	0.552	0.546	0.562	0.549	0.015	0.947
Weeks 13 to 16	0.555	0.589	0.580	0.586	0.584	0.012	0.243
Weeks 17 to 20	0.564	0.604	0.575	0.592	0.572	0.016	0.460
Weeks 21 to 24	0.545	0.523	0.524	0.559	0.529	0.016	0.463
Weeks 25 to 28	0.559	0.533	0.545	0.561	0.535	0.013	0.248
Weeks 29 to 32	0.550b,c	0.547c	0.592a,b	0.610a	0.556b,c	0.015	0.025
Weeks 33 to 36	0.525	0.515	0.525	0.544	0.500	0.017	0.450
Overall	0.558a,b	0.548b,c	0.549b,c	0.567a	0.544c	0.006	0.006
BW, g
Week 0	1,852	1,940	1,898	1,897	1,912	33	0.246
Week 4	1,945	2,039	1,982	1,965	2,005	36	0.241
Week 8	2,011	2,095	2,032	2,016	2,051	41	0.397
Week 12	2,073	2,129	2,065	2,042	2,095	43	0.487
Week 16	2,151	2,172	2,097	2,094	2,140	46	0.511
Week 20	2,140	2,164	2,093	2,108	2,175	48	0.473
Week 24	2,177	2,179	2,102	2,111	2,163	45	0.473
Week 28	2,158	2,182	2,111	2,111	2,156	48	0.639
Week 32	2,164	2,159	2,092	2,097	2,158	43	0.560
Week 36	2,193	2,169	2,093	2,103	2,174	41	0.325

¹LSmeans based on 6 cages of 4 birds each per diet.

^a–cMeans within a row lacking a common superscript differ (P < 0.05).