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. 2021 May 27;100(9):101292. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2021.101292

Table 3.

Hatchability (%), number of unhatched eggs (rate per replication), and number of second grade chicks (rate among hatched eggs per replication) for chickens hatched on-farm (OF) and in a hatchery (HC).

Parameter1 OF HC Ratio Statistics
Hatchability (%) 95.3 ± 0.44 94.8 ± 0.49 0.90 (0.82–0.97) χ12 = 6.69, P = 0.0097
Unhatched eggs (‰) 35.7 ± 3.93 36.6 ± 4.03 1.03 (0.93–1.13) χ12 = 0.30, P = 0.59
Second grade chicks (‰) 11.6 ± 0.93 16.1 ± 1.17 1.38 (1.18–1.63) χ12= 15.9, P < 0.0001
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Response estimates are back transformed model means, and the effects are shown as odds ratio (OR [95%CI]) for hatchability and rate ratio (RR) for unhatched eggs and second grade chicks,comparing HC with OF.