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FOREIGN GAME INTRODUCTION PROGRAM 
Table 2. Summary of Foreign Game Bird Propagation Results - 1960-1963 
Number of Total Average Number Number Number 
breeding How eges per of eggs Percent of chicks of birds 
Species State Year hens Penned laid hen fertile fertile hatched raised 
Black Alabama 1961 34 1:2 401 11.8 168 41,8 120 78 
francolin 1962 AL, 1:2 - 1:3 340 7.7 257 75.6 165 63 
(Francolinus 1963 30 1:3 235 38 165 70.0 132 53 
francolinus 
asiae) Arkansas 1961 5 1:1 10 2.0 8 80.0 7 oo 
1962 8 1:1 184 23.0 - ~ 60 (2) 59 
1963 16 1:2 247 15.4 - - 121 103 
Florida 1961 7 (1) 1:1 0 0 0 0 0 0 
1962 10 (1) - 0 0 0 0 0 0 
1963 7 1:3 216 - - - 135 11 
(EAB) 1962 7 flock 19 Za7 - - - 0 
1963 7 1:2 53. 7.6 14 28 14 8 
Georgia 1960 20 a 63 3.1 - - 36 29 
1961 20 ba 10 0.5 - - 4 2 
1962 20 1:2 - 1:4 85 4.3 34 40 .0 34 4 
1963 22 1:4 61 2.6 32 49.0 32 5 
Kentucky 1961 24 (1) flock 0 0 0 0 0 0 
1962 35 [23 407 11.6 352 «86.5 315 67 
1963 39 225 341 8.7 227 66.6 170 66 
Louisiana 1963 11 1:3 27(3) 2.45 - - 16 11 
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(1) Wild-trapped birds penned this year. These usually do not lay for 1 to 2 years following penning. 
2) Eggs hatched by commercial hatchery. 
= Low egg production is believed partly due to fact that breeders were not received on area until 3/29/63. 
