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FOREIGN GAME INTRODUCTION PROGRAM 

Table 2. Summary of Foreign Game Bird Propagation Results - 1960-1963 (continued) 
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Number of Total Average Number | Number Number 
breeding How eggs per of eggs Percent of chicks of birds 
Species State Year hens Penned laid hen fertile fertile hatched raised 
Red junglefowl Oklahoma 1961 12 1: 160 13.3 140 87.5 114 106 
(cont 'd.) 1962 34 1:4 1033 30.3 861 83.3 690 465 
1963 60 1:4 1368 22.8 1126 82.4 986 762 
South Carolina 1963 15 135 0 “ - = a 
Tennessee 1962 3 (1) 1:3 4 les - -~ 1 0 
: 1963 7 1: 0@) - 0 = 0 0 
Virginia 1961 8 = - - “ a wy a 
1962 13 1:3-1:4 155 11.9 118 74.8 110 93 
1963 22 5 443 20.1 257 58.0 224 143 
Western Florida 1962 10 - 7 0.7 - ~ 1 0 
Iranian 1963 - = 168 “ - ~ 96 50 
pheasant 
(pure strain) Kentucky 1961 16 1:4 207 13.0 159 77.0 - 99 
(Phasianus 1962 20 Le5 556 27.8 460 83 .6 354 114 
colchicus 1963 24 1:6 590 24.5 479 81.1 400 327 
alisch 
Eaitochensts) rescurt 1960 8 1:4 56 7.0 aA 78 .6 25 12 
1961 11 15 28 a0 27 96.5 15 ~ 
1962 11 135 33 3.0 24 80 .0 16 13 
1963 56 1:5 388 6.9 262 79.1 206 184 (2) 
Ohio 1960 12 1:1 2 0.2 “ - “ = 
1961 12 1:1 16 Lo 10 90.9 (4) 9 0 
1962 4 131 13 Bed 6 50.0 (4) 4 1 
(1) First year in captivity. 
(2) Birds banded at 6 weeks. 
(3) Coccidiosis in breeders 
(4) Percentage based on eggs set in incubator, not on eggs laid. 
