| Variables | Location | (χ2 < 0.05) | ||
| Hw | Yr | Mean | ||
| Hatching of chicks (%) |
| 0.280 | ||
| Yes | 33.3 | 41.1 | 37.2 |
|
| No | 66.7 | 58.9 | 62.8 |
|
| Average no. of egg set for incubation (Mean ± SD.)* | 10.06 ± 1.03 | 10.04 ± 0.64 | 10.05 ± 0.81 | 0.925 |
| Average no. of chicks hatched per brooding (Mean ± SD.)* | 8.34 ± 1.41 | 8.48 ± 1.03 | 8.42 ± 1.19 | 0.605 |
| Reason for not using natural breeding (%) |
| 0.000 | ||
| Giving priority to egg | 43.3 | 45.3 | 44.2 |
|
| Predator and disease | 8.3 | 52.8 | 29.2 |
|
| Have access to buy replacement stock | 10.0 | 0 | 5.3 |
|
| My hen do not brood | 38.3 | 1.9 | 21.2 |
|
| Interval of egg laying for exotic breed (%) |
| 0.507 | ||
| Every day | 31 | 31.1 | 31.1 |
|
| After one day gap | 38 | 29.5 | 34.1 |
|
| Every day but sometimes they escape a day | 31 | 39.3 | 34.8 |
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