. The business hen (a new brood). Poultry. What Is An Egg? 23 hens from a large flock with quite a degree of certainty, purely by the shape of the egg. ihe groups of eggs shown in Figs. 8-11 show this point very accurately. The eggs marked (a) were laid by hen No. 56; those at (b) by hen No. 148, both White Wyandottes; those at (c) by hen No. 70; those at (d) by hen No. 75, both Single Comb White Leghorns;. Fig. 9. FORMS OF EGGS. those at (e) were laid by a White Plymouth Rock; those at (f) by a Barred Plymouth Rock. It will be seen that each hen has a type of egg which is peculiarly her own,
. The business hen (a new brood). Poultry. What Is An Egg? 23 hens from a large flock with quite a degree of certainty, purely by the shape of the egg. ihe groups of eggs shown in Figs. 8-11 show this point very accurately. The eggs marked (a) were laid by hen No. 56; those at (b) by hen No. 148, both White Wyandottes; those at (c) by hen No. 70; those at (d) by hen No. 75, both Single Comb White Leghorns;. Fig. 9. FORMS OF EGGS. those at (e) were laid by a White Plymouth Rock; those at (f) by a Barred Plymouth Rock. It will be seen that each hen has a type of egg which is peculiarly her own, differing only slightly from day to day, ex- cept in a case of abnormality due to some unusual condition. The eggs. 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 Collingwood, Herbert Winslow, 1857-. New York, The Rural New-Yorker
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