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A REVOLUTION IN EGG PRODUCTION 



unless the attendant is constantly on the job to release the 

 hens. "Ask the birds, their judgment is good." 



Incubators or Hens for Hatching? 



Whether it will be better to use incubators, or hens, for 

 hatching will depend on circumstances. For the poultryman 

 with only one or two dozen hens, who does not intend to 



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increase his flock because of space limitations, or other rea- 

 sons, the hen will probably always be the only practical means 

 of incubation. 



For those desiring to increase their flock, or those who 

 already have fair sized flocks, this question will require care- 

 ful study. 



Incubation, in many cases, will be more succesful with 

 hens than with incubators, depending on the make of incuba- 

 tor, the capacity of the operator for handling the incubator, 

 and the way in which the hens are cared for, etc. This is, of 

 course, presupposing the same hatchability of the eggs used 

 in each case. 



An operator, however, can care for an incubator which 

 will hatch as many chicks as thirty hens with about as little 



