Table 5 Spearman correlation coefficients between sire breeding values estimated in both environments

Body weight at 16 weeks

0.45, P = 0.224

0.50, P = 0.101

Age at first egg

-0.20, P = 0.606

0.07, P = 0.829

Clutch length (Trans.)

0.88, P = 0.002

0.23, P = 0.471

Egg number at 44 weeks (Trans.)

0.72, P = 0.030

-0.21, P = 0.513

Laying rate

0.57, P = 0.112

-0.01, P = 0.966

Adult body weight

0.12, P = 0.765

0.48, P = 0.112

Egg weight

0.47, P = 0.205

0.70, P = 0.011