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Fig. 27 shows a hen with pelvic hones three-eighths ( 3 /g) 

 of an inch thick. 



FIG. 24 l /if, -inch pelvic bone. Indicating a typical egg-type 

 hen, which means that virtually all the food she consumes above 

 that necessary for bodily maintenance goes toward the production 

 of eggs. If of one-finger abdomen, she would lay about 36 eggs 

 in her first laying year; if of three-finger abdomen, she would lay 

 about 180; and if of six-finger abdomen, she might lay 280 eggs 

 in her first laying year. 



FIG. 25 i/B-inch pelvic bone; indicating egg type, but not so 

 typical as the preceding. If of one-finger abdomen, she would lay 

 about 32 eggs in her first laying year; if of three-finger abdomen, 

 about 166 eggs; and if of six-finger abdomen, about 265 eggs in her 

 first laying year. 



