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 5 s ere hatched from the 



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 Bulletin 79 of tiiis Sta: 

 ei^t ^;gs laid on the st::ri ia :: rr.a::r.? 



On June 25th, the thiri ia; :;.e zirii v ere ~a:ei. the ^aii 

 21 ^[gs and from the— :o chick; .ere hatched cue. The 

 fourth day of mating did n:: ;h: v as r: ci res. :.:s :he 18 t^^ 

 yielding but 4 live chicks. Durirg cjce r.::h ia; c: the mating, 

 the 50 hens laid 31 ^gs and they yieldei 17 chicks. On the 

 sixth day they laid 32 eggs and 16 chirks v ere ha::he: cut, 

 and on tiie seventh day the 26 eggs laid ieided if chi:i<s. 



These results show that the ^gs laic during the days imme- 

 diately following the fourfh day of marir.r ieided rather 

 more than 50 per cent of good chicks, vicicic :s a:out the 

 percentage usual in the general incubation work here, which, 

 however, is done earlier in tibie season, when condiricn; are 

 supposed to be not as favorable. 



HATCH-^LEILITy OF THE EgGS FROM IS£ SjlME irizxs DrsIXG 

 TEM COMSECOTIVE MOMTHS. 

 One of the most annoying and perplexing features : t c i uitry 

 work is the large number of ^gs incubated, vhi;- i: r.:-. 

 yield chides. Formeriy when the hens lived in ar~ hi uses 

 in winter and part of their food consisted of ~:ist mashes, 

 sometimes not more than a fourfh of their eggs yieided live 

 chicks. For the last 2 years tbe average of :hi:i;s hatched 

 from the ^gs laid by the hens in February, and liar en bias 

 been at the rate of one chick to abo^-t 2 eggs am t:r these 

 laid during April, less than 

 a chick, 







me a 



d in large 

 :ggs from 



ar. a oen 



