| Show selection of breeding birds sometimes hard the first point to consider in con lection with the selection is the number of breeding breedl ns birds likely to he be required to produce sunk lent hatching eggs e ss nt at the right period prolonged hat ebing must he be avoided ns far us its tin consequently there must be tin nn adequate number of breeders bleeders bre eders an extra i pen of birds will probably provide n surplus number of eggs enabling the breed harped er to avoid tile the possibility of a ngo age when most needed to nuriye at the number of birds required to supply tile the eggs during a riven given period conr would be in tin nn output of four hutch haitch able eggs weekly front froin each bird A hundred bleeders breeders bre eders have no dlf dif in providing eks eggs a week and if the selection of stock hits hiis been out on sound lines most of ailese eggs will be suitable for hutchins hutching it should be borne in mind also that under normal conditions not more than 70 to SO per cent of the eg gs incubated lintell hatch out while from these there will he at least I 1 50 per cent cockerel chicks |
