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FOREIGN GAME INTRODUCTION PROGRAM 
Table 2, Summary of Foreign Game Bird Propagation Results - 1960-1963 (continued) 


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 
Japanese green Ohio 1960 165 1:5-1:10 1825 11.0 1271 77.4 1181 680 
pheasant 1961 373 flock 1402 3.8 969 86.5 (1) 697 340 
(cont 'd.) 1962 18 1:2-1:5 349 19.4 198 90.0 (1) 170 74 
Tennessee 1961 15 1:3 398 26.5 - - 230 173 
1962 81 1:4 2712 33.5 - - 1576 1190 
1963 95 135 2131 22.4 1627 76.3 1399 1117 
Virginia 1960 52 Le - - - - = 400 
1961 60 1:3 1898 31.6 1611 84.8 1291 949 
1962 57 1:3 2306 40.6 1891 82.0 1588 1043 
1963 73 Les 2394 32.8 1993 83 .2 1588 . 1302 
Japanese Tennessee 1962 72 1:36 2964 41.0 ~ - 1543 1349 
green 1963 70 la 2926 641.8 1900 65.0 1561 1236 
ringneck 
cross 
Korean Illinois 1960 1 1l:1 - - - ~- 19 10 = 
ringneck | 1961 11 flock - - = = = a 
pheasant 1962 25 1:5 - - “ - - 150 
(Phasianus 1963 21 1:7 poor 15,0 ~ - - 150 
colchicus . 
karpowi Indiana 1962 113 flock 669 Eee - - 401 190 
1963 152 1:6-1:8 2345 15.5 2253 96.0 1419 900 
Missouri 1960 3 1:1 93. 31,0- 71 87.1 70 36 
1961 12 1:2 S7z 31.1 342 91.4 264 - 
1962 38 1:5 1035 27.2 827 87.8 733 536 (2) 
1963 51 1:5 2338 45.8 1926 86.3 1771 1532 
1) Percentage based on eges set in incubator, not on eggs laid 
33 Birds banded at 6 weeks. 

