Egg and poultry raising at Egg and poultry raising at home eggpoultryraisin00elki Year: 1902 52 EGG AND POULTKY RAISING AT HOME. remain. This is why testing is so necessary to success in hatching, and why it should not be neglected. In warm weather it will be found advisable to sprinkle a little lukewarm water upon the eggs every other day after testing, for if this is not done the lining skin becomes tough, and the chickens have a difficulty in making their exit. The youngsters should appear on the twenty-first day of incubation, and any fertile eggs that have not chipped Pig. 13.—Testing
Egg and poultry raising at Egg and poultry raising at home eggpoultryraisin00elki Year: 1902 52 EGG AND POULTKY RAISING AT HOME. remain. This is why testing is so necessary to success in hatching, and why it should not be neglected. In warm weather it will be found advisable to sprinkle a little lukewarm water upon the eggs every other day after testing, for if this is not done the lining skin becomes tough, and the chickens have a difficulty in making their exit. The youngsters should appear on the twenty-first day of incubation, and any fertile eggs that have not chipped Pig. 13.—Testing Eggs. cn that day may be tested by being put into a basin of lukewarm water. If the egg sinks the chicken is dead, but if it floats the chicken is alive, and then the shell can be chipped at the large end, so that it will be seen if the bird is in a position to get out. Sometimes the head gets twisted round to the smaller end, and by means of gently cracking the shell the chicken can be released. Whenever cripples appear it is the wisest plan to kill them, for they never do well, and are an endless source of trouble. When all the chickens are hatched, and perfectly
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