Effect of breeder quail age and egg weight on chick weight.
An experiment was conducted with 546 Japanese breeder quail to determine the effect of age and egg weight on day-old chick weight over a 16-wk reproduction period. Weight of chicks hatched from the same or different size eggs was found to be affected by parental age. The largest increase in chick weight occurred after 10 wk of age. It was found that egg weight did not affect the hatching weight if egg weight was above 11 g.
Department of Animal Husbandry, Veterinary School, The University, Thessaloniki, Greece.
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Yannakopoulos
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Tserveni-Gousi
D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight; D003370:Coturnix / Q000502:physiology*; D004531:Eggs; D005260:Female; D011784:Quail / Q000502:physiology*