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INCUBATOR RECORDS. 



When pedigreed eggs are set in incubators it is advisable 

 that a record regarding the eggs put in should be kept. These 

 records are made on sheets of the sort shown in Figure 13. 





Incubator No 







Quadrant 



No. 



In 



Incubator 





Hatched Tested 



§ 



Mother 



Eggs 

 In 



Mat- 

 ing 



Infer- 

 tile 



Died 



Early 



Died 

 Late 



Pipped 



Hatched 



Remarks 



c 

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K 



C 



H 

 < 



D 









1 

















































7 





















CC 









1 













CQ 









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I 





























1 













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03 







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Fig. 13. Incubator record sheets. In facsimile, reduced. 



At the top of these incubator records are placed the fol- 

 lowing data : The number of the incubator ; the date on which 

 the eggs were put in; the date on which they hatched, and the 

 date or dates when they were tested. Below the double hori- 

 zontal line one horizontal line is given to the eggs from each 

 breeding hen whose eggs go into that particular incubator. In 

 the first column is recorded the mother's band number ; in the 

 next column the number of eggs from that hen which go into 

 the incubator. In the next two columns are recorded the num- 



