COLOR OR PIGMENTATION CHANGES 



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Eye-Ring and Ear Lobe. The eye-ring, that is, the inner 

 edges of the eyelids, bleach out a trifle more slowly than the vent. 

 The ear lobes of Leghorns and other white-lobed varieties, bleach 

 out a little more slowly than the 

 eye-rings, so that a bleached ear 

 lobe means a longer or greater 

 production than a bleached 

 vent or eye-ring. 



Beak. The color leaves the 

 beak, beginning at the base and 

 gradually disappearing until it 

 leaves the front part of the 

 upperbeak. The very tip of the 

 beak is usually white before 

 the bird is making eggs, and 



VINELAND INTERNATIONAL EGG LAYING AND BREEDING CONTEST 



New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station 

 NOVEMBER 1, 1016 - OCTOBER 31, 1919 



A Wonderful Hen and her Record. 



FIG. 226. (A) This White Plymouth Rock hen laid 301 eggs in 365 consecutive days. 

 Surely a wonderful performance. She has an abundance of vigor, is typical of her breed and 

 variety and possesses all the marks of a heavy layer. 



(B) Here is an exact record of her performance. What a wonderful machine is a little 

 hen that will produce in a year eggs weighing 10 to 15 times her body weight! No wonder 

 that she must draw on the fat reserve of her body, and no wonder that she fades and bleaches 

 out; no wonder that her plumage becomes ragged and no wonder that she does not have 

 time to rest and molt. 



