. Eggs and egg farms : Trustworthy information regarding the successful production of eggs--the construction plans of poultry buildings and the methods of feeding that make egg farming most profitable .. . above when the ova mature in excess of one a day. In place of falling into the passage in pairs, as above, the two drop in separately, but on the same day. This results in soft eggs, not from the want of shell-forming material, but rather because the shells can not be formed as fast as the mature egg is ready for such covering. Crooked eggs are no uncommon thing in the poultry yard and are a
. Eggs and egg farms : Trustworthy information regarding the successful production of eggs--the construction plans of poultry buildings and the methods of feeding that make egg farming most profitable .. . above when the ova mature in excess of one a day. In place of falling into the passage in pairs, as above, the two drop in separately, but on the same day. This results in soft eggs, not from the want of shell-forming material, but rather because the shells can not be formed as fast as the mature egg is ready for such covering. Crooked eggs are no uncommon thing in the poultry yard and are attributable as follows: Twenty- four hours are usually sufficient for the formation of a perfect shell, but when by stimulation a second ovum falls close on its predecessor, reaching it before laid, the second egg, which is up to this time soft and is lying against the hard one, be- comes covered with a shell, and when laid presents a flat or crooked side, the result of its position against the hard one. WITHIN ANOTHER- EGGS MARBLE-SIZED' Eggs are produced from the surplus food, which is that over and above what is required for the sustenance of the hen, and if such is too stimulating or given in excessive quantities, the result is that in the former case the ova are produced so rapidly that sometimes two of them drop into the oviduct together, which results in the eccentricities which frequently puzzle the poultry keeper. These ova travel together along the passage and receive the white separately, but become enveloped in one shell, and when laid are commonh' known 52—DEFORMED EGGS 1—"Marble-sized'' e^g containing albumen and shell, but no yolk. 2—Crooked egg. 3—Two eggs with imperfect shell. 4—Double-yolked egg. To over-feeding is also attributable the further irregularity of one perfect egg being found within another, and caused by irritation of the oviduct, which con- tracting in front of the perfectty- formed egg instead of behind it, forces it back till it
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