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FIG. 6.— ORPINGTON COCK. 



Length of Time reqdieed to Hatch. 



The time taken in hatching very often varies according to cir- 

 cumstances ; for instance, a good close sitter, in warm weather, 

 will hatch ordinary fowls' eggs on the twentieth day, that is pro- 

 viding they were very fresh when set, whilst eggs that are stale 



