Show weight of eggs the standard weight for a dozen of eggs Is one and one half pounds and of this about a pound Is water to in terms of what a hen eats there Is more water than feed in a dozen eggs this suggests the importance of an abundance of fresh clean water for liens to drink A flock will quit laying sooner if kept without water than if kept without food there must be no I 1 liml tation of any ingredient mcc necessary essary to the formation of complete eggs because hens will lay either fully formed eggs of uniform chemical composition or none at all |