The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-27
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Of sincubutors for Matching winter
chicks is not particularly profitable, u
q; The second Important advantage
claimed for incubators Is. that Of saw
fng labor, or. IN other words, they en-
able one person to hatch ilymueh larger
number Of chicks than sWbnld be pos.
sible with the use Of hens. This claim
Is worthy Of consideration. Its, In
fact, the chief reason why incubators
have gained their present standing.
X AS to the percentage of hatcl,ing
and the vitality Of the chicks, the aver
age incubator, especially In the hands
OF the novice will hardly equal tile
natural methods. The writer made an
extensive study of the results obtained
with incubators by Kansas farmers,
The results showed that about us many
farmers failed with incubators as. sue.
ceeded with them. /. 4 j.
The percentage Of eggs that hatch
either In incubators or with hens Is
commonly overestlmated. The extraor.
binary matches at poultry shows are
usually arranged by setting two incu.
bators and testing out the live eggs
just before Matching and putting them
In the one machine. A co per cent
hatch of all eggs set for the season Is
good enough. Many very large and
successful poultry farms have lower,
averages. The ACCESSIBILITY Of purchas.
ing an incubatorwiii dependupon many:
circumstances. All those who breed
Leghorns will require incubntors. With
the plymouth Rocks, Wyandottes or
Rhode Island Reds 4 should favor
hatching with hens until y;the poultry
work grows TO suchsize that this be
comes impractical :5ls
oIEsss For Hatohing. -
Z There's are many superstitious no:
tons prevalent regarding tile relation
Of the. shape Of an egg to Its vitality
and the sex OF the Forthcoming chick:
oh: Such notions have no ground in
fact. Eggs having weak shells that
might become broken in the nest OR
unusually small eggs Should be dis.
carded. If there IRE more eggs ayaila.
bic than we wish for a sitting 1t Will be
better to select the fresher eggs thar
to be oyerparticular about shape and
appearance. The eggs for iiatching
should be stored III a cool, dry location
and shifted Of rolled about occasion.
ally. 81 IN x! 81 n
Eggs exposed ito freezing tempera.;
:ture II not actually frozen may stlll
retain; their vitality, butt Is, generally
considered best to keep them at d tenn.
.perature between 40 and 20 degrees,
lftkept too warm eggs dry ont rapid.
", and will not hold their vitality. n A
good rule IS not to set eggs over two
weeks old. The idea that jarring, as
by thunder. will 5injure the matching
of eggs is without, foundation; like
wise the advice to let eggs rest after
shipping has been proved to be ground.
less, ~ st, ~!
Accommodations For Sitting Hens.
The convenience of the arrangement,
for! sitting hens has II great deal to do
With the success of the Matching. By
all means ! Should advise that a place
be provided for the sitting hens away
from the general poultry house, This
may be In n separate room or building.
where tiers of boxes arc used for the
nests and feed, water and dust wal
low provided In the room. The nest
boxes ;ara open on the top, not on the.
side. aud a board Is laid loosely across
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