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Figure 3. — Complete Mating Record 



The mating bool< consists of loose sheets each 8^s " 10",s inches, held in a ring binder. At 

 the close of the hatching season all chicks from each hen are entered on this sheet, which gives the 

 sex, date hatched, the partial egg record for pullets, pause days, broody periods, and other notes 

 taken. The disposal of pullets and cockerels is also recorded on this sheet along with the mortality 

 records. 



