REPORT OF TEE POULTRY MANAGER 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



EGGS SET AXD CHICKENS HATCHED. 



The following list will show the number of eggs set and result in chickens :— 



Date. 



Description of Eggs. 



When Hatched. 



Mar. 26 



,. 27 



., 27 



April 18 



.. 18 



u 19 



ii 19 



.. 22 



ii 30 



ii 30 



May 1 



1 



2 



2 



2 



4 



,, 10 



„ 11 



,. 11 



,. 13 



,, 13 



■■ 15 



„ 18 



„ 22 



„ 23 



„ 24 



June 18 



■i 18 



,, 21 



13 

 13 

 13 

 13 

 13 

 13 

 13 

 13 

 13 

 13 

 13 

 13 

 13 

 13 

 13 

 9 

 14 

 15 

 13 

 13 

 13 

 13 

 15 

 13 



White Plymouth Rock eggs April 



White Wyandotte eggs 



Barred Plymouth Rock eggs 



„ „ from Grand Pre, N.S [May 



White Wyandotte eggs 



White Plymouth Rock eggs 



Buff Leghorn eggs 



Light Brahma- Plymouth Rock eggs. 



Barred Plymouth Rock eggs . . 



Buff Leghorn eggs 



Barred Plymouth Rock eggs 



White Leghorn eggs 



Buff ,• 



Light Brahma— 4 White Wyandotte eggs 



Barred Plymouth Rock eggs 



Light Brahma — Plymouth Rock cross eggs 



Black Minorca eggs from Gatineau Point. 



White Wyandotte eggs , 



White Leghorn eggs 



Barred Plymouth Rock eggs from Ottawa East 



Buff Leghorn eggs from Cobourg 



Barred Plymouth Rock eggs from Ottawa 



White Wyandotte eggs 



13 



13 



13 Barred Plymouth Rock eggs from Ottawa 



13 " ii 



7 Barred Plymouth Rock— S White Wyandotte eggs. .... ■■ 



384 



(A little over 65 per cent of the above eggs hatched.) 



Incubator-hatched chickens 



No. of 



Chicks. 



5 



9 



8 



8 



10 



8 



10 



10 



12 



8 



9 



9 



10 



11 



8 



7 



11 

 11 

 3 

 7 

 7 

 7 

 7 



10 



9 



8 



11 



8 



10 



251 



145 



396 



After hatching, the chicks were allowed to remain under the hen, or in incubator, 

 until strong on their legs. This may be 24 or 36 hours after coming out of the shell. 

 If incubator-hatched the chickens were removed to brooders, which, if the season was 

 advanced enough, were placed outside. If hen-hatched, and the weather permitted, 

 the mother hen and her brood were placed in coops which were put on the grass of a 

 field. The grass in this portion of the field was kept short by grass mower, and the 

 field was surrounded by wire netting. The coops had slatted fronts and were so ar- 

 ranged as to permit of their being securely fastened at night, while abundant ventila- 

 tion was provided. From time to time the coops were moved to new ground. As in 

 past years on removing the hen and her brood from the nest, the hen was given food 

 and water before placing her in the coop with the chicks. She had been on the nest 

 for 3G hours, hatching out her chicks, and during that time had partaken of no food 

 or drink, and was probably much in need of both. If not so fed she is likely to greed- 

 ily eat up the comparatively dainty food intended for her brood. Again, her hunger 

 and thirst being appeased she was much more likely to brood her chicks in quiet than 

 if allowed to remain in want of food and drink. The first feed of the chicks was stale 

 bread crumbs, followed some hours later by stale bread soaked in skimmed milk and 



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