. Annual report of the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station, Ithaca, Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). 400 Bulletin 258. ^ by the feeding, the late molting hens took less time to produce a new coat of feathers than did those which molted earlier. Hens that molt early lay more early winter eggs. The hens molting before September 15, began to lay 39 days after the completion of the individual molt; those molting after September 15 began to lay in 43 days after they were completely refeathered. The hens which molted before Sep
. Annual report of the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station, Ithaca, Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). 400 Bulletin 258. ^ by the feeding, the late molting hens took less time to produce a new coat of feathers than did those which molted earlier. Hens that molt early lay more early winter eggs. The hens molting before September 15, began to lay 39 days after the completion of the individual molt; those molting after September 15 began to lay in 43 days after they were completely refeathered. The hens which molted before September 15 averaged 17 eggs each from the completion of their individual molt to April 2nd, 1907, while those molting later gave 14 eggs each in the same period. Hens that tnolt late lay more eggs during the year. Although the early molting hens laid more winter eggs, they did not lay more eggs during the year. Those beginning to molt before September 15th, averaged 103 eggs, and those molting later averaged 126 eggs. The eight hens which, in 1906, began to molt after October ist, laid in that year 142 eggs each. Two of the eight hens died in 1907, but the other six gave 129 eggs each in 1907, their third year of laying. The best hen, Number 61, laid 213 eggs in 1906 and 175 eggs in 1907, and was the last one to molt in 1906 and 1907 (Figs. 19 and 20). Thus, the later molting hens consumed less time in molting, and laid more eggs during the r 1-. 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 Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station. [Ithaca, N. Y. ?], 1900-1910. James B. Lyon, State printer)
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