Table 3

Attributes*	Delay in post hatch feed placement					SEM	P-value
Attributes*	0 hrs (Control)	6 hrs	12 hrs	24 hrs	36 hrs	SEM	P-value
BW (g)
Day ol^d	33.56	33.63	33.59	33.52	33.42	0.13	0.090
7 ^d	64.44^c	64.69^c	62.72b^c	61.19^b	57.18^a	0.60	0.001
14 ^d	109.92^bc	111.00^c	107.61b^c	104.64^b	96.03^a	1.27	0.001
28 ^d	255.65b^c	263.61^c	248.24^ab	250.44^ab	237.89^a	2.33	0.003
42 ^d	395.31^c	388.64b^c	370.64^abc	366.69^ab	346.08^a	4.66	0.002
FI (g/b)
0-7 ^d	49.86^b	51.75^b	49.08^b	44.78^a	42.86^a	0.85	0.001
8-14^d	99.79	100.82	96.32	95.44	91.92	1.23	0.145
15-28 ^d	383.29	384.81	381.61	375.75	363.07	2.92	0.106
29-42 ^d	522.92	510.90	503.42	478.35	457.58	8.30	0.706
FCR
0-7	1.67	1.71	1.68	1.62	1.81	0.02	0.075
0-14 ^d	1.99^a	1.99^a	1.96^a	1.97^a	2.17^b	0.02	0.038
0-28 ^d	2.42	2.35	2.46	2.38	2.44	0.03	0.707
0-42 ^d	2.93	2.97	3.06	2.99	3.06	0.03	0.443

*Values have been analyzed by one-way ANOVA.^a,b,c Means bearing different superscripts in a row differ significantly (P<0.05).

Table 3: Mean body weight (BW), feed intake (FI) and feed conversion ratio (FCR) of birds subjected to 0, 6, 12, 24 and 36 hrs delay in post hatch feed placement.