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Show Poultryman Issues Cautions On Egg Production Few other management or disease dis-ease factors can throw a poultry flock out of production as quickly quick-ly as an insufficient water supply, sup-ply, Ralph J, Blackham, extension exten-sion poutlryman at the Utah State Agricultural college, reports. The fowl needs the water to carry on the processes of digestion diges-tion and metabolism and to regulate reg-ulate body temperature. Water is also very important because the egg hich the hen produces is 66 percent water. Chickens consume about twice af much water per unit of body weight as do beef cattle, sheep, and swine. The high relative water consumption is especially marked in laying hens during periods of high egg production. |