The art of incubation and brooding; . fertilewith the stale egg ; in an unfertile fresh egg youcan see the yelk, which will look somewhat darkerthan the rest of the egg, but does not look mud-dled. Fig. 4, shows a live egg on the sixteenth , is the space occupied by the chick ; the linesI and J, show the air bulb, which may be on topor at the side, as indicated by the respective is about the average air space on the six-teenth day, but it will vary according to the thick-44 v®«Js«Isel5 5jjej5ej5«Js*Jssjssjsejselsejse£>ejsJslJsSJs«Js ejs ejs »Js t|sejse£>5£>ejs«js5jsejs
The art of incubation and brooding; . fertilewith the stale egg ; in an unfertile fresh egg youcan see the yelk, which will look somewhat darkerthan the rest of the egg, but does not look mud-dled. Fig. 4, shows a live egg on the sixteenth , is the space occupied by the chick ; the linesI and J, show the air bulb, which may be on topor at the side, as indicated by the respective is about the average air space on the six-teenth day, but it will vary according to the thick-44 v®«Js«Isel5 5jjej5ej5«Js*Jssjssjsejselsejse£>ejsJslJsSJs«Js ejs ejs »Js t|sejse£>5£>ejs«js5jsejsg)/ ^^^^^^^^^^^4»^^^^jkgii^i^^LJ^i^4ik^-EA^^^^^^^E^jbi< ness of the shell and age of the egg when set;then some eggs are not as full as others. At thisstage of incubation (sixteenth day) a live chickdarkens the egg, except the air bulb, when seenwith the tester, and by watching the line I or J,the chick may often be seen to move. Eggs should be tested in a warm room, one trayat a A LIVE EGG. The air space on the sixleenth day. The chick is harder to see after the seventh day,because the egg becomes more clouded by thegrowing chick. Note. In regard to G, in Fig. 2, a partiallyfertilized germ means one that from one of sev- 45 ^s£s£s^s&sksfoeTsi^5£^«^s£s£sIse£s^«ksfask;£\Ijtl5siriTsIi[35 si; YTi -J-vCTvilTr si: si; sis sis sis sis els si; X ?4cfccfccfc>gfc&tfcifci;fctPsfctfcl:fctfctfcll&Ci; (&^cpcfccfcfij^ eral causes was not strong enough to live andgrow. Among those causes are cocks that aretoo old, an insufficient proportion of male birdsfor females ; old or debilitated hens, over-fat hens,too close confinement of breeding stock, etc. Again you may find G (Fig. 2), among eggswhich you believe or know are not over a weekold, and ordinarily the eggs were good and frequently happens that an egg will remain inthe nest, while several, or maybe a dozen
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