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Table 2. Summary of Foreign Game Bird Propagation Results - 1960-1963 (continued) 
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 
Eastern Ohio 1960 18 1:2-1:5 52 2.8 Ah 84.6 40 21 
Iranian 1961 22 1:2-1:5 49 2.2 38 90.5 (1) 27 15 
pheasant 1962 12 1:4 194 16,2 158 89.0 114 Ah 
(cont'd.) 
Tennessee 1960 10 1:3 38 3.8 - - 21 8 
L961 15 1:5 92 6.1 - - 64 40 
1962 32 1:4 188 6.0 - - 91 62 
1963 48 1:4 441 2 ae 249 56.5 188 136 
Virginia 1960 31 1:4 - ~ - - - 326 
1961 64 1:4 1970 30.8 1618 82.1 1132 985 
1962 58 1:4 2134 36.8 1600 75.0 1296 832 
1963 59 1:4 2010 34.1 1771 88.1 1014 811 
Og ne 2 Se por aed pe NT ers Wa Pee a he re ee ee 
Eastern Illinois 1962 9 1:4-1:5 poor - - - - 16 
Iranian 1963 15 1:5 poor 5 21 33.25 21 18 
ringneck 
cross Lowa 1962 10 1:10 250 25.0 125 50.0 100 90 
1963 10 1:10 240 24.0 145 60.0 125 105 
Kentucky 1961 31 1:3 976 31.5 735 75.3 495 301 
1962 19 1:5 874 46.0 765 88.5 654 320 
1963 28 1:6 1427 51.0 1208 85.0 944 820 
Maryland 1960 7 1:1 423 60.4 - - 161 104 
1961 29 L131 1070 36.9 - - 679 456 
1962 41 1:3-1:4 694 17.0 ~ - 327 : 220 
1963 44, 134 988 22.0 - ~ 544 500 
Missouri 1960 18 1:6 1059 58.8 887 85,8 648 - 
(1) Percentage based on eggs set in incubator, not on eggs laid. 
