Show HATCHING AND MARKETING HENS EGGS 01 41 P J V f X 01 4 showing variations in size of hens eggs prepared ure pared by the united states ment of agriculture tho the period of time it takes bohatch to batch eggs of the domestic hen is 21 days according to farmers Farm orB bulletin of the department of 0 agriculture there are two methods of incubation and brooding namely natural and artificial in natural incubation and brooding the hen hel la Is allowed to sit bit on a nest ot of eaks eggs and brood or mother the young chicks when hatched the information contained on this subject to la based on the belief that the average farmer has little use tor for an incubator or brooder unless he intends to hatch and rear chicks unusually early in the spring or in large numbers therefore only the natural method of incubation and brooding will receive attention at this time As the time approaches tor for tie the hetta hens to become bacomo broody or sit elt it vare care Is taken to lood in tho the nests nesta it will be seen been that th buwe vre are a few soft downy feathers being left there by taft hens also the hens stay longeran longeron lon Ion geron the nests vp ahls um aliko aj approached will quit mob remain on tho the nest ruffling their leathers and peeking pecking at the when it Is 60 noted t ed that a hom hn alts altom on Ith the enest nest for two or three nights in succession she la is ready to bo be transferred to a nest which should be b yra pared dorher for her beforehand this vest should to be in a box and comp composed ewed tit of straw hay or ahalt for nesting material erial pack this FA 4 1 11 lf brooder in wee at united state ex Ve pertinent Ament farm beltsville md mcl down firmly and shape a circular nest out ot of it which should be slightly A deeper ceper in the center than at tho edges as a nest neat so eo shaped will prevent the eggs from rolling out from I 1 under the lion hen and becoming chilled dust the hen thoroughly with insect powder in applying the powder hold the henby the feet head downword down working the powder well into the feathers i giving special attention to re regions gions around the went vent aud and under tho the wings the powder should also algo be sprinkled I 1 in the nest the nests nest should be in some quiet out ut ot of the W way ay blaco aca on the firm airm sitting bitting hen will not be disturbed move her from the regular laying nest at night handle her carefully in doing so put Pu tachina a china e egg gg or two in the tha nest where she ir if to sit elt and place a board over the I 1 opening BO that she can r rot ot gt off reward evening cven ang of the second day quietly go la in where she ehe Is sitting and leave some feed and water and remove move othe the board from the front or top of the nes nee and andret ilet tho the lien hen come oft off when she its is ready should she return to the nest ather after feeding remove tho the china egg or eggs aad put under thosa that are to be incubated in cool weather it Is best to put not mor morn th anten egah under ahen a hen while later in the spring one can put pui 12 to 16 15 according to the size olze ot of the hen ben it if several beveral hens hena are sitting in the same room see that they ara are kept on the nests only allowing them to coill corae 0 off to got get teed feed and water mater which should to be once aday i many eggs that are laid in the latag batol winter and early spring are infertile for far this reason it to Is advisable to set several hens at the same time after the eggs have been under the hen bon for seven days they should be tested to see whether they are fertile or infertile T infertile aggi eggs should bi be i removed and used at homo home in cooking or for ome omelets lots and tho the fertile eggs should be put back under the hen for example thirty eggs are set under three hens at tho the same time ten under each aitho at tho end of seven days we find on testing tho the eggs that ten are infertile which leaves us 20 eggs to reset which we do byi putting it hem under two hens bens and have the re remaining m aln ono one to iet bet over again after sho aho has set only seven days A good homemade home made egg tester or candle can be made from a largo large shoo box or any boat that is largo enough to go over a lamp by removing an end all 4 and cut cutting tinga a hole bole a little larger than the size of 0 a quarter in the bottom 91 of the box so eo that when it Is set not over A common keroson latap lamp tho the hol hold in 1 abo 1 bottor will be opposite the otozo A hole tho the size of a silver bliver dollar should bo be cut in the top ot of the he box to allow the heat to escape an ln fertko egg when held before tho small hole with the lamp lighted inside inaldo the box will look perfectly clear the easue as a resh fash one while a fertile egg will show a small dark spot known as s the embryo with a mass ass of little blood velna extending in all directions it the em ibrao Is living it if dead it athe egg bus baa been ifor at least 36 hours houra the blood settles away efrom the ern em toward tuo tiro edges vot tot tho the yolk forming in aon mcasey cases sat on irregular circle of blood known as a blood ring eggs ega eg a vary jn in this respect some showing only a streak of blood the testing should bedone bo idono lna in a dark room proper Met methods hoLde of marketing eggs when realty to ato sell the eggs grado thenia them according to size elzo and color band and put out them tuba the tho following lowing classes la Is the advich contained in farmers ciul of the department of agriculture large white eggs elarge brown eggs small white waite eaga egga tand and small brown eggs A anttonen hot dat will as a rule command ai a eigher than a mixed one wh when to town keep them covered and d out of tho the direct rays of the stai aam tho the following rules she should uld be followed Toll owed in the care of eggs I 1 1 keep the bests clean one nest neat tor lor nary every tour four hens 2 gather the itrice dally daily 3 keep he eggs jn in a cool dry room or corcellar cellar 1 4 market the eggs at ab least twice a week ki an infertile eg Is one that Is laid by a hen that hadnot haa not been allowed to run with a male bird or by a h hen en from which a amale male bird has been separated from kieven seven days dayn to three weeks experiments have shown that the time varies in most cases however 14 dalija days la long enough lenough to wait for the eggs to become infertile after the male bird Is removed from the female it Is impossible possIble lin to batch an infertile egg or to cause a blood xing to form in one it also keeps angood la good condition in temperatures tempera turca that will vill cause causa fertile eggs to rot 16 A fertile egg la just the opposite of the infertile in many respects it la Is the egg that Js Is produced from hens that are running with asla birds although occasionally there are hens running run ning with male birds that lay infertile eggs this Is often the case with hens that are confined in yards and runs arid and birds that do not have green feed or th those ase that are the fertile eggia egg is the egg from which the chick Is b hatched and the egg that spoils so BO q quietly when subhi subjected cfred to the ordinary methods of handling on the farm and when marketed in the hot summer bummer months under adverse adver a conditions |