. Agriculture and the farming business . Single-comb Buff Black Langshans. 626 AGRICULTURE AND Producing Chickens A successful hatch depends (1) on securing fertile un-injured eggs, and (2) on proper incubation. Eggs for hatching.—Heredity has its effect in fowl aswell as other animals. The eggs for hatching should there-fore come from the choicest and most vigorous membersof the flock. The best plan is to separate from the mainflock a sufficient number of desirable hens to produce theeggs required for setting. These can be kept by them-selves until the hatching season is over. In
. Agriculture and the farming business . Single-comb Buff Black Langshans. 626 AGRICULTURE AND Producing Chickens A successful hatch depends (1) on securing fertile un-injured eggs, and (2) on proper incubation. Eggs for hatching.—Heredity has its effect in fowl aswell as other animals. The eggs for hatching should there-fore come from the choicest and most vigorous membersof the flock. The best plan is to separate from the mainflock a sufficient number of desirable hens to produce theeggs required for setting. These can be kept by them-selves until the hatching season is over. In order that eggs may hatch at all they must be are made fertile by the presence of a male bird inthe flock during the laying season. One male should besupplied for every ten or twelve hens. Since one-half of theheredity of the entire flock is dependent on the male bird,he should be pure bred, the best of his kind, young andvigorous. Care of eggs before setting.—Eggs shcald be freshwhen they are set, never more than two weeks old, andbetter if not mo
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