Table 4.

Weekly BW of broiler breeder pullets raised using different rearing strategies (RS), everyday spin feeding (EDS) or skip-a-day feeding (SAD), to reach target body weight for photostimulation (PS) at 15 wks or 21 wks. Values are the means ± SEM with 3 replicate pens of 200 pullets per treatment (n = 6 for PS and RS main effects).

	SAD-15	EDS-15	SAD-21	EDS-21
Wk of age	g/bird
3	419 ± 4	417 ± 4	419 ± 4	417 ± 4
5	702 ± 7	703 ± 8	624 ± 7	635 ± 6
8	1,105 ± 11	1,047 ± 11	892 ± 8	847 ± 8
11	1,418 ± 12	1,348 ± 8*	1,072 ± 10	1,082 ± 9
14	2,080 ± 9	2,013 ± 8*	1,450 ± 14	1,416 ± 12
18			1,750 ± 16	1,690 ± 9*
20			2,111 ± 12	2,050 ± 8*

^⁎Value significantly differs from the corresponding value for pullets within the same PS curve.