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with great care. They should not be 
exposed to heat or cold. They should be 
kept in a cool, dry place where the tem- 
perature ranges between 50° F. and 60° F. 
They can be kept ten days and hatch well, 
but it is not advisable to keep them over 
six days if best results are desired, be- 
cause the vitality diminishes rapidly, and 
although they may hatch well after being 
kept as long as two weeks, the chicks will 
not be so strong as they would have been 
had the eggs not been so old. Therefore 
eggs should not be kept too long, because 
the chicks need all the strength that it is 
possible to give them at hatching-time to 
earry them through the two or three dan- 
gerous weeks that follow. 
The vigor of the breeding stock must 
be up to the top notch, and the fecundity 
of the male bird should have been tested 
prior to the breeding season if the best: 
results from eggs for hatching are to be 
expected. 
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