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Weight and Hatchability of Turkey Eggs

Authors :
Stanley J. Marsden
T. C. Byerly
Source :
Poultry Science. 17:298-300
Publication Year :
1938
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 1938.

Abstract

EGGS from turkeys whose eggs averaged from 84–89 grams in weight, about the modal egg weight for the material reported, were reported by Marble and Margolf (1936) to have higher hatchability than eggs from females whose eggs averaged less than 84 or more than 89 grams. This finding is in agreement with the concensus of reported work on the effects of egg weight on hatchability of hen’s eggs, as given by Landauer (1937). Data reported in the present paper were collected during the 1937 breeding season at the National Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, Maryland. The turkey females consisted of 156 birds, chiefly pullets, of several varieties * and crosses * and were mated to unrelated males. All birds were selected for small size, the average weight in January-February being approximately 11 pounds for the young breeding hens and 21 pounds for the young breeding toms. The small size of the breeding . . .

Details

ISSN :
00325791
Volume :
17
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Poultry Science
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........efa7239752c0135f92da4dfa64e18473
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3382/ps.0170298