Show HATCHING AND MARKETING HENS EGG S I 1 AL i joaa ahl showing variations in size of hens eggl prepared re pared by the united state states department of AiM agriculture culture T i i period of time it lakes akes to batch eggs of the domestic ben li in 21 day days according to farmers bulletin 2 ot of the department ot of agriculture there are ar two method methods of incubation and broo brooding dini namely natural and arbid atal in Is natural incubation and brooding the ben hen in allowed to sit lilt on a neat nest of egg eggs and brood or mother the young chicks when hatched the information contained on this subject Is 1 based on the belief that the average farmer tamer has little uie use for an incubator or brooder unless he intends to hatch batch and rear chicks unusually early in the spring or in large num numbers bersi therefore 0 only the natural method of incubation and brooding will receive attention at this time As an the time approaches for the hens to become broody or sit it care Is in taken to look in the nests it will be seen that there are a few soft downy feathers being left there by the hens also the hens stay longer on the nests when laying at this time and on being approached will quite likely remain oo 00 the nest ruffling their feachen feat heti and pecking a at the intruder when it is in noted doted that a hen sits on the nest for two or three nights in succession she Is ready to be transferred to a neit nest which should be prepared for her beforehand this nest post should be in a box and composed compos bd of straw ha or chaff for nesting I 1 material pack this I 1 r AW 9 1 0 A brooder in Us use at united state ex pori art jarw belts MA md material down firmly and shape a clr cir cular neit nest out of it which should be slightly deeper in the center than at the edged as 12 a 11 nest so 80 shaped will prevent the eggs from rolling out from under the hen and becoming chilled dust the hen thoroughly with insect powder in applying the powder hold bold the hen by the feet teeth head bead down working the powder well into the feathers giving special attention to bestone around the rent vent and under the winge the powder should also be sprinkled in the neit nest the nest should be in some quiet out of odthe the way place on the form where reathe he sitting hn hen will not be disturbed mone her from the regular laying neit nest at night hanle llano a her tier carefully in doing so put a china chills egg or two tso in the neit nest where she is to to sit and place a board over the opening to 10 that she can not get off toward evening of the second day qui etly go in where she li Is sitting and learo leave omo some feed and water and the board from the front or top 0 1 the neat nest and let the ben i come off it when she is ready should she return to the neet nest atter after fe feeding edlar the china egg or eggs and put under those that are to be incubated in cool weather it ie IN belt best to put not more than ten egge egg under a hen ben while later in the spring one can put 12 to 16 1 according to the size of the hen ben if several hens are sitting in the same room s that thoy are kept on the tha nests only allowing them to come off ta to get feed and water which should be once a day many eggs that are am laid la in the late winter and early spring are infertile for this reason it li to advisable to set et several hem hens at the ame same time after the eggs havo have been under the hen ben tor for seven day days they should be tested to see whether they are fertile or infertile infertile egge eggs should be re moved and used at borne bome la in cooking or tor for omelets and the fertile eggs hould should be put back under the hep bep for example thirty egge eggs are set et under three hena hens at the ame same time ten ton under each at the end ind of seven day days wo we find on telling testing the eggs that tea are infertile which leavea leaves ua us 20 eggs to reset which we do by patting putting them under two bena beas and hare have the remain ing one to met over again after sha ah A baa has set et only seven day days A good homemade home made egg teeter or candle candie can bo made from a large boe shoo box or any box that la is large enough to go over a lamp by removing an end and cutting a bole hole a little larger than the size of a quarter la in the bottom of the box so that when it la Is set over a common kerosene lamp the hole in the bottor will be opposite the blaze blase A hole the lize size of a silver dollar hould should be cut la in the top of the box to allow the beat to escape an infertile egg when held before the small bole hole with the lamp lighted inside the box will look perfectly clear the same aa as a fresh one while a fertile egg will win show a email small dark spot known aa as the a embryo idith a mac mass of little blood veins 1 extending in all direction directions if it the cm em la Is living it dead if the egg baa has been incubated for at least 88 36 boura hours the blood settles away from the era am toward the edges of the yolk forming in some cases aa am irregular circle of blood known aa an a blood ring vary in thia this respect some show howing only a freak streak of blood the tet test ing should be done in a dark room proper method methods of marketing when ready to sell 11 the eggs grade them according to also size and color and put them into the following alses cl iee la Is the advice contained in letin 62 of the department of agriculture barge white begga large brown egge eggs small white hite eggs and mall small brown eggs A uniform lot will wilh aa an a rule command a higher price than ft a mixed one when taking them to town keep them covered and out of the direct ray rays of the un sun the following rulea rules hould should be followed in the cure cars of ot egge eggs L keep the neita nests clean provide one neat nest for every four hens S gather the tha eiss tc 11 17 3 keep the eggs la in a cool dry room or cellar 4 market the eggs at least twice a week J an infertile egg is one that la Is laid by a hen that has not been allowed to run ran with a male bird or by a ben hen from which a male bird baa has been sap abated from ceven seven day days to three week experiment experiments have shown that the time varle varies in moat most cases however 14 day days la is long enough to wait far the eggs to become infertile gifter the male mal Is bird la Is removed from the female it la in impossible t to kach ao AV infertile egg or to cause a blood ring to form ir la one it alo also keep keeps la in good condition in temperatures that will eauve for far tile eggs egga to rot tot I 1 A tr oralle egg la in juit just be opposite ot of the inzerill ii in many yI respects it la is tho egg that ta la Is ed fra hena hens that are running wilh male birds al though o ther thera are hem hens raith ith male birda birds thu thit lay in egg eggs thia this ie Is often the case with hena hens that are confine dIn yard yards and runa runs and birds that do not hive green feed or thoe those that are the egg la Is the egg from which the chick thick la is hal hatched ched and thol that polla spoils so quickle when subjected te d to the ordinary methods of handling handlin 9 on an the farm and when marketed in the hot ummer summer montha under condit loge |