Table 5 Egg production performance and egg quality of laying hen for a period of 14 weeks (30–44 weeks of age)

Feed consumption (g/b/d)

105.14

105.42

104.95

105.07

0.58^NS

Egg mass production (g/h/d)

48.10

46.57

43.31

46.08

0.55^NS

Feed conversion ratio

2.19

2.27

2.45

2.28

0.54^NS

Feed cost (Tk/kg egg) produced

33.46

33.10

32.84

32.46

<0.0001**

Feed cost (hen/d)

3.52

3.49

3.45

3.41

<0.0001**

Egg production (%)

57.07

53.81

51.99

52.90

0.45^NS

Egg weight (g/egg)

40.14

39.29

40.06

39.02

0.81^NS

Survivability (%)

100

100

100

100

0.00^NS

Shell thickness (mm)

0.38

0.35

0.38

0.37

0.33^NS

Shape index

78.32

79.03

78.23

79.09

0.22^NS

Shell weight (g/egg)

4.18

4.29

3.96

4.22

0.41^NS

Shell (%)

10.35

10.67

10.26

11.22

0.12^NS

Egg breaking strength

1500.90

1504.77

1500.95

1506.01

0.11^NS

Albumen index

0.10

0.10

0.11

0.09

0.18^NS

Yolk index

0.46

0.48

0.45

0.46

0.50^NS

Haugh unit

89.73

90.67

88.16

88.70

0.28^NS

Yolk colour score

8.17

9.67

9.00

8.50

0.34^NS