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Table 3.
Egg productivity of quail of the experimental groups
| Indicator | Control group | Experimental groups | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | II | III | IV | ||
| Number of laying hens at the beginning of the experiment, heads. | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Number of laying hens at the end of the experiment, heads. | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 |
| Age of the laying of the first egg, days. | 44 | 41 | 41 | 41 | 41 |
| Gross production of eggs, pcs | 654 | 791 | 594 | 551 | 526 |
| Egg production per hen housed, pcs. | 54.50 | 65.92 | 49.5 | 45.92 | 43.83 |
| Hen‐day egg production, pcs | 59.45 | 65.62 | 49.50 | 50.09 | 47.81 |
| Intensity of laying, % | 69.13 | 76.65 | 57.56 | 58.25 | 55.60 |
| Average weight of one egg, g | 11.98 | 11.69 | 11.27 | 11.39 | 11.42 |
| Difference with respect to control, g (±) | – | –0,29 | –0,71 | –0,59 | –0,56 |
| Difference with respect to control, % (±) | 100.0 | 97.6 | 94.1 | 95.1 | 95.3 |
| Egg mass output, kg | 7.83 | 9.25 | 6.70 | 6.28 | 6.06 |
| Difference with respect to control, g (±). | – | +1.41 | –1.13 | –1.55 | –1.77 |
| Difference with respect to control, % | 100.0 | 118.1 | 85.6 | 80.2 | 77.4 |
| Feed consumption for the entire period of laying, kg | 29.24 | 31.67 | 31.38 | 29.70 | 29.78 |
| Feed expenditure per 1 kg of egg mass, kg | 3.73 | 3.42 | 4.68 | 4.72 | 4.91 |
| Feed expenditure per 100 eggs, kg | 4.47 | 4.00 | 5.28 | 5.39 | 5.66 |
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