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Fresh, clean drinking water should be always provided. Charcoal, grit, and oyster shell should be placed before the fowls so that they can have access to them at all times.
For additional information on feeds and feeding request Farmers’ Bulletin 287, “Poultry Management,” and Farmers’ Bulletin 528, “Hints to Poultry Raisers,” from U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C.
To produce infertile eggs confine or dispose of the male birds. This has no influence on the number of eggs laid by the hens.
Produce the infertile egg. Infertile eggs are produced by hens that have no male birds with them.
The following table shows that the losses of fertile eggs are computed to be nearly twice as great as in the case of infertile eggs.
| Fertile Eggs | Infertile Eggs | |
|---|---|---|
| Per cent | Per cent | |
| On the farm | 29.0 | 15.5 |
| At country store | 7.1 | 4.0 |
| Transportation to packing house | 6.4 | 4.7 |
| Total | 42.5 | 24.2 |