Table 3.

Production performance of experimental broiler chickens from 1 to 21 days of age.

Attribute	Dietary treatments				SEM	p-value
	Control	YCW	AF	AF + YCW
WG (g)
1–7 days	110.7	112.2	100.6	105.9	1.47	0.257
7–14 days	200.4a	212.0a	135.3c	167.3b	8.07	0.001
14–21 days	269.0b	284.0a	181.2d	206.4c	15.41	0.007
1–21 days	580.1b	608.2a	417.1d	479.6c	12.69	0.005
Deviation from control (%)	0	4.8	−28.0	−17.3
ADFI (g)
1–7 days	18.98a	19.23a	16.38b	17.70c	0.19	0.009
7–14 days	36.07b	36.65b	33.43c	40.39a	0.11	0.001
14–21 days	51.11a	50.31b	49.44c	50.72b	0.17	0.009
FCR (feed:gain)
1–7 days	1.20	1.20	1.14	1.17	0.01	0.207
7–14 days	1.26a	1.21a	1.73b	1.69b	0.02	0.002
14–21 days	1.33b	1.24a	1.91d	1.72c	0.04	0.003
MR (%)	0	0	8	4

Mean of five replicates of 10 chicks each per treatment (minus mortality). Means, within the same row, not sharing a common superscript differ significantly (Tukey test p < 0.05).

WG, weight gain; ADFI, average daily feed intake; FCR, feed conversion ratio; MR, mortality rate.