Show YS hatchability OF EGGS INHERITED low rate causes heavy losses to industry yearly prepared by th alio united states department of f agriculture forty per cent or of the eggs incubated annually fall io to produce live chicks according to the united states department ot of agriculture such a low rate of hatchin ing ability causes heavy losses to the industry annually solution of the pro bleta is one of the important undertakings der takings ot of tile the poultry specialists at present while many factors such as breeding feeding and management have an ail important bearing on the hatchability of the eggs produced heredity Is also a factor it Is now known that some hens lay eggs of a higher hatchability than ihan others and that this characteristic can be transmitted from sire to 1 daughter in fact the studies already alread y made by department poultry men indicate that strains which will produce eggs with a very high laigh hatching power may be developed by trap nesting pedigree I 1 ree hatching and selection of liens hens a high percentage of livable chicks at the departments poultry esmeil ment tarn farm at beltsville md breed breeding log work is being conducted to develop strains of high hatching ability some progress has already been made records of one hen with an average of 00 90 per cent eggs show that she lias has transmitted this ibis characteristic in a large degree to her progeny she has two daughters and seven granddaughters with records of hatchability r ranging ing from 78 to 95 per cent or an average of 0 SG per cent hatchability department poultry men are of the opinion that such records as these will prove of interest to the poultry breeder or commercial because bebau se they are evidence that a pedigree showing number of eggs alone and no evidence of their hatchability is greatly lacking in completeness |