Show WEIGHT EIGHT OF EGGS ECONOMIC FACTOR reliable estimate may be easily obtained the average weight of the eggs lall by y a lien 11 e n during a year Is now dow considered as an important eco economic DomIc factor in egg production says wallaces partner fanner not dot only from the standpoint of the higher market pr price ice for large over small e eggs a but also from the standpoint of egg weight inheritance manifestly weighing each egg of a ben throughout the year Is a laborious task and one that Is wholly out of the question for the bract practical acal poultry breeder according to the poultry division of the bureau of animal industry united states department of agriculture there are certain short cuts that can fadely be taken in esthr estimating the average ern e weight wet ht of the eggs laid by a given hen in a year sear thus albert fi godfrey of the government poultry investigations says an approximation of the mean annual egg weight can be determined at the beginning of the pullet laying year sear from a knowledge of the average weight of the first ten egg eggs the body weight at first egg and the age at first egg A reliable estimate of the mean an anal egg weight of all eggs laid by b each bird can be ascertained by weighing the eggs laid by each bird the first four days of each month A more reliable and more obtained estimate of the mean annual egg ee weight of all eggs laid by each bird can be ascertained by computing the mean weight of the eggs laid by pach each bird on any specified day of the week throughout the first laying year |