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93. You have two hens that want to sit, — one a small hen like a Leg- 

 horn, another a large, well-feathered hen. Which will make the best 

 sitter and mother? 



94. What are the signs that tell you when a hen wants to sit? 



95. What are the different parts of an egg and where is each part 

 formed ? 



96. In candling eggs, on the fifth day one egg appears clear and 

 another looks as if a spider were in the center : , tell about each egg. 

 On the sixteenth day in candling, the air cell is large but clouded and 

 the dark mass within is not quite so large as in another egg which 

 has a clear, large air cell : tell about each of these. 



97. Can you expect as large a hatch with an incubator as with a 

 hen ? 



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98. If you put two hundred eggs in an incubator, how many chicks 

 should you expect? 



99. Describe the construction of an incubator. How do you prepare 

 the machine for operation and at what temperature should it be run? 



100. Mrs. Jones ran her incubator with even temperature but did not 

 turn the eggs during incubation: will any of the eggs hatch? 



101. You are going to .run a two-hundred-egg incubator and produce 

 three consecutive hatches. What size brooder and how many brooders 

 will you need? 



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102. When should the chick receive the first feed and why? 



103. Mr. Smith wishes to grow his Rhode Island Red chickens to 1.5 

 or 2 pounds weight by the end of eight weeks, but has nothing but corn, 

 oats, and wheat screenings to feed them from the time of hatching: is 

 it necessary for him to secure other feeds to make this farced growth, 

 and if so, what mixture do you recommend? 



104. A small flock of chicks were fed and then allowed to stay out- 

 side the hover in cold weather for an hour, becoming chilled: what was 

 the probable result? 



105. If chicks are allowed to eat feed that has lain around -and become 

 sour, what is likely to be the .result? 



106. Is grit necessary, and if so, why? 



107. What kind of feed will you give to young poults? goslings? 

 ducks ? 



