Table 8.

Distribution of eggs laid according to Canadian egg size category.

Diet	Egg size1 (% of total eggs laid)
	Peewee	Small	Medium	Large	XL & jumbo
Phase 12
CON	0.5	15.8	57.2	24.9a,b	1.6
Ile70	0.5	17.5	58.6	20.7a,b	2.7
Ile80	0.5	17.4	58.5	22.5a,b	1.1
Ile90	1.0	13.8	51.2	30.2a	3.7
Ile100	0.5	18.9	58.6	19.0b	3.0
SEM	0.248	2.02	3.31	2.14	1.01
P-value	0.431	0.471	0.462	0.013	0.396
Phase 22
CON	0.0	0.3	29.1a,b	57.3a,b	13.3a
Ile70	0.0	0.9	28.0b	57.8a,b	13.4a
Ile80	0.0	1.4	27.3b	63.8a	7.5b
Ile90	0.9	1.6	25.3b	63.0a	9.2a,b
Ile100	0.0	3.4	35.2a	54.0b	7.4b
SEM	0.41	0.86	1.75	2.24	1.39
P-value	0.419	0.138	0.004	0.018	0.004

Abbreviation: CON, control.

^a,bValues are statistically significant (P < 0.05).

¹Phase 1: 20 to 27 wk; phase 2: 28 to 46 wk of age.

²According to Egg Farmers of Canada: peewee, <42 g; small, 42≤>49; medium, 49≤>56; large, 56≤>63; XL, 63≤>70; jumbo, 70≥.