Table 8 Laying performance of hens fed dietary treatments from weeks 24 to 43. ^a–cMeans within rows not sharing a common suffix are significantly different at the 5% level of probability.

Hen age, week	Variable	Control	Food waste	50:50 blend	SEM	P value
24 to 33	Egg weight, g	61.2	60.0	61.1	0.30	0.172
	Hen day egg production,%	97.9	97.4	97.9	0.29	0.193
	Egg mass, g/day	60.0	58.4	59.8	0.34	0.133
	Feed intake, g/day	136^b	129^a	133^ab	0.80	0.003
	FCR, kg feed/kg egg	2.284	2.205	2.229	0.015	0.082
34 to 43	Egg weight, g	62.6	62.3	62.6	0.29	0.902
	Hen day egg production,%	96.9	96.6	97.2	0.37	0.235
	Egg mass, g/day	60.7	60.2	60.9	0.38	0.748
	Feed intake, g/day	130^c	116^a	123^b	0.94	< 0.001
	FCR, kg feed/kg egg	2.149^c	1.931^a	2.028^b	0.017	< 0.001
24 to 43	Egg weight, g	61.9	61.2	61.9	0.29	0.468
	Hen day egg production,%	97.4	97.0	97.6	0.30	0.110
	Egg mass, g/day	60.3	59.3	60.4	0.35	0.313
	Feed intake, g/day	133^c	122^a	128^b	0.81	< 0.001
	FCR, kg feed/kg egg	2.216^b	2.068^a	2.127^a	0.015	< 0.001

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