REPORT OF THE POULTRY MANAGER 

 SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



241 



Hens marked * were the poorest layers, and were neither used for breeding stock 

 in our department nor were they sold for a like purpose. 



RATIONS. 



The rations used in feeding the above fowls were of the following composition: 

 Whole grain ^ wheat J oats mixed, 1^ lbs. to each pen per day. Mash (wet) 1 lb. per 

 day, composed of 2 parts shorts, 1 part ground oats, 1 part ground barley. Grit and 

 oyster shells in regular supply. No meat, bone or roots were given to the fowls in this 

 pen. 



Expenditure and Eeceipts, 



Value of grain consumed, 435 lbs. at l^c. lb $5 44 



" mash consumed, 178 lbs. at Ic. per lb 1 78 



" grit and shell consumed, 30 lbs 25 



" 15 egg boxes for shipping at 8c. each 1 20 



$S 67 



RECEIPTS. 



Value of 506 eggs sold for eating 10 55 



" 15 settings of eggs of 15 each 15 00 



$25 55 



or, $1,401 per hen. Gain by this pen of , . .$16 88 



Eggs for eating purposes were sold during the year at the following prices, viz. : — • 



Dec, 1904 and Jan., 1905, at 40c. per doz. ; Feb., 35c. ; March, 22c ; April, May, June 



and July, 18c.; Aug., 20c.; Sept., 25c.; Oct., 30c.; Nov., 30c. These prices apply to 



all following cases where eggs were sold for eating. 



The above table also shows that the average time taken to ' break up ' a hen when 



broody was 6 days and it was 6 days more before she began laying again. 



In the cost of the rations is included the feeding of the male bird from January to 



July. It is the same in following tables. 



Table 2. — Individual Hen Eecords shown by Trap Nests, Barred Plymouth Eock 



hens, 3 years of age. Pen No. 2. 



FROM DECEMBER 1, 1904, TO NOVEMBER 1, 1905. 



Hen 



No. 



■•■20 

 25 

 30 



»35 

 37 

 67 

 77 



78 



91 



*98 



Totals 



1-5 



1905 





 

 

 2 

 

 

 

 1 

 9 







17 

 



29 



03 



3 







 



1 



14 



1 











15 



1« 







17 

 



07 



2 

 

 

 18 

 16 

 5 

 

 5 

 8 



10 



20 

 10 



100 



18 

 3 

 10 

 18 

 13 

 15 

 19 

 12 

 9 



6 

 25 



15 



1G3 



1-5 



3 

 bo 





a. 



O) 





 



11 



3 



7 

 1 



13 

 2 



12 



11 



19 







79 



1 



10 







30 



17 



o 



O 

 O 







14 







22 



0) 



S 



> 



o 



O 

 (D 



o 



1904 





 

 

 3 

 

 

 

 

 11 







16 







SO 



Total 

 of 



Eggs 

 laid. 



44 

 4 



36 

 76 

 57 

 42 

 62 

 62 

 108 



46 

 172 



40 



2 

 751 



Remarks. 



Showed no broodiness. 

 Broody once, and broken up. 



M II 



Broody 5 times, but broken up. 

 Broody once n 



M four times n 



II six II II 



Broody in Mch. Used as settt.^ 

 from Apl. 7 to May 7. I3roody 

 but broken up four times after 

 this. 

 Broody but broken up 3 times. 

 II once but broken up. 



These eggs were laid 

 straw on the floor. 



the 



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