CHAPTER XXI 

 SELECTING EGGS FOR SITTING 



In selecting eggs for sitting only well-formed eggs should be 

 selected. Do not select the eggs with a ridge around the 



Fig. 141. — Eggs suitable tor sitting are shown in the right-hand compart- 

 ment. Note uniformity of size. In the left-hand compartment is a col- 

 lection of eggs not suited for sitting. Note some are small (a), narrow (6), 

 and elongated, some are round (c), thin shelled, and wrinkled (d and e). 



middle, or that are small, or that have a thin shell, or small end 

 enlarged, or that is short and round, or that is abnormally long 

 and much under size. Remember that you cannot get larger 

 chicks out of the eggs than the size of the eggs (Fig. 141). 



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