Show tto to 04 va lyv YOUNG TURKEY HEN BEST FOR BREEDER birds under two years are most desirable by J 1 lay taylor bor 1 ate i ae Ei tension N new ye jersey state college service recent turkey breeding studies conducted by university of california poultry men indicate that it is not desirable to use turkey h hens of more than two years ot of age as breeders bleeders bre eders this six year study ci on n the age ot of turkey breeders bleeders bre eders and the resulting progeny showed that average egg production decreased from eggs the first year to eggs the second laying g belar year production the third and rid fourth years was 44 eggs while while only eggs were produced the fifth year although production decreased with the age of the turkeys 11 it was found that the fertility of eggs did did not change significantly with aoe age hatchability of eggs decreased af after the second year the eggs laid in the second year were larger than those produced the first year boults hatched from the larger eggs were larger at hatching time but there was little difference in sizes of birds at 16 weeks of age mortality was a trifle higher among the progeny of the year old hens than among tho those se of the two year old hens |