The business hen (a new brood) . x-crescence on the smallend of each egg. Abnormal eggs aredue either to injuryto the fowl while theegg is being formedor to faulty cuts representvarious types of ab-normal eggs, (a) and(1) are too long;(m), (e) and (o) tooround; (k) is wedgeshaped; (o) has a de-cided ridge at thecenter; (f) and (q)are flattened on oneside; those marked(j) are elliptical; (i) are almost cylindrical; (a) is drawn out at the point; (p) are eggs withrough, weak shells; (g) is as round as a marble and about the size of ahickorynut; (h) is about the same size, but elong
The business hen (a new brood) . x-crescence on the smallend of each egg. Abnormal eggs aredue either to injuryto the fowl while theegg is being formedor to faulty cuts representvarious types of ab-normal eggs, (a) and(1) are too long;(m), (e) and (o) tooround; (k) is wedgeshaped; (o) has a de-cided ridge at thecenter; (f) and (q)are flattened on oneside; those marked(j) are elliptical; (i) are almost cylindrical; (a) is drawn out at the point; (p) are eggs withrough, weak shells; (g) is as round as a marble and about the size of ahickorynut; (h) is about the same size, but elongated; those marked (r)represent the two extremes, a double-yolked egg and a diminutive butperfect shaped egg. These small eggs are nearly always devoid of does not follow that a hen that lays a diminutive egg has laid similareggs previously or that she will do so again. Eggs marked (g) were alllaid by the Single Comb White Leghorn hen No. 85; those marked (h)were laid by the Single Comb White Leghorn hen No. 82, the two. Fig. 11. FORMS OF EGGS. 26 The Business Hen. normal eggs in each case being laid a few days after the abnormal. Theabnormality, however, may continue. One hen laid seven diminutivetggs continuously and then stopped laying. Of the five eggs marked (a),Fig. 10, the first two eggs which are perfect and normal were followed bythe abnormal long-drawn-out egg which was so weak at the point thatit scarcely retained the egg contents. Within two or three days follow-ing the other two eggs were laid which were perfectly normal and sound. Just how long it takes for each part of the egg to be secreted isnot known. The whole process is supposed to take about 18 hours. Con-siderable time is taken for the shell to be deposited and to harden. Twoeggs can be under way at the same time. When the hen is not laying theoviduct is shrunken and not more than one-fifth its natural size. Like allsecretory glands, the oviduct enlarges with the activity of the organ. Inthis one
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