REPORT OF THE POULTRY MANAGER 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



during the winter season, following this in spring by the mating of none but robust 

 and well-matured birds, there would be fewer cases of so-called White, or other kind 

 of Diarrhoea. The experience of each year emphasizes the opinion, so freely expressed 

 on previous occasions, that if the farmers would allow their fowls a run outside in 

 spring before commencing to save their eggs for hatching purposes, better results 

 would follow. Chickens hatched during the first week of May are certainly the best 

 for farmers. 



The following tables give the results of hatching by natural and artificial methods 

 during the spring and early summer of last year: — 



Table No. 1. — Number of Chickens Hatched by Hens. 



Date 



Eggs were 



Set. 



1908. 



April 17... 

 « 23... 



,. 25... 

 May 2... 



Description of Eggs. 



B. P. Rocks and White Wyandottes. 

 B. P. Rocks, White Leghorns and 



White Wyandottes 



Black Minorcas, Buff Orpingtons, 



Faverolles, Light Brahmas, White 



Wj'andottes 



Black Minorcas, Black Hamburgs, 



FaveroUea and S. G. Dorkings . 



Remarks. 



Eggs were laid by 

 hens kept in 

 unhealed and in 

 warmed houses . 



Table No. 2. — Number of Chickens Hatched by Incubator. 



GROWTH OF THE CHICKENS. 



The naturally-hatched chickens were placed with their mother hens, in coops 

 outside; if hatched in an incubator, they were put into brooders. With food and 

 treatment as outlined in a preceding page, they made satisfactory progress. It was 



