. The call of the hen; or, The science of selecting and breeding poultry for egg-production. Poultry. Fig. 28—Vz-inch pelvic bone; indicating a still more beefy hen than the preceding—that is, a still larger proportion of the food consumed is used to make flesh and less to produce eggs. If of one-finger abdomen, she would lay about 8 eggs; and if of three- finger abdomen, she would lay about 82 eggs; while if of six-finger abdomen, she would lay about 175 eggs in the first laying Fig. 29—V4-inch pelvic bone. A pretty good specimen of the beef type. We find no two-finger abdomen hens tha
. The call of the hen; or, The science of selecting and breeding poultry for egg-production. Poultry. Fig. 28—Vz-inch pelvic bone; indicating a still more beefy hen than the preceding—that is, a still larger proportion of the food consumed is used to make flesh and less to produce eggs. If of one-finger abdomen, she would lay about 8 eggs; and if of three- finger abdomen, she would lay about 82 eggs; while if of six-finger abdomen, she would lay about 175 eggs in the first laying Fig. 29—V4-inch pelvic bone. A pretty good specimen of the beef type. We find no two-finger abdomen hens that have pelvic bones so thick, because they cannot consume enough food with such pelvic bones. A two-finger abdomen hen is virtually a non-layer; a three-finger abdomen hen will lay about 24 eggs; and a six-finger abdomen hen will lay about 115 eggs in the first laying Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hogan, Walter, d. 1921. Leavenworth, Kan. , American School of Poultry Husbandry
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