Immigrants In Eggs: Massey College Dealings In “Foreign” Chicks
The number of chicks from eggs hatched in countries other than those in which the eggs were laid is steadily increasing. Orders from overseas for fertile eggs from New Zealand, for hatching purposes, have increased considerably this year, and the Massey Agricultural College poultry farm has experienced a keen demand from Australian States,' Fiji and Samoa. It is stated that, when carefully packed and sent by air freight, very fresh eggs usually give a good percentage of hatchings.
This has not always been the case with imported hatching eggs. From a total of 60 eggs from one breed, sent in two consignments from- Australia, the College was able to hatch only five chicks. The cost involved in the order makes these chicks worth about £3 each at hatching time, and it is hoped that at least one of them will prove good enough to use for fresh blood. Another consignment of 52 eggs from overseas gave 46 strong chicks. Amongst the chicks from hatching eggs imported by the college is one young Light Sussex cockerel whose father was bred in England. He was sent to Sydney early this year. A buyer in Honolulu asked the College to send over 2000 day-old Australorp chicks, but, apart from the fact that the order was too large for the College to supply, it was considered that the chicks would not survive the trip, although day-old chicks might travel well enough from the Auckland district, if hatched just before the departure time of the overseas air service.
. Among the unusual inquiries received by the poultry department of the College this last season were orders for 50 geese, a breeding pen of guinea fowls, a pair of peafowl, various kinds of bantams, and a breeding pen of Brahma fowls. Only commercial stock is kept at the College, and whilst the demand for exhibition poultry is keen, many oldtime breeds of this type are almost extinct in New Zealand today.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 3, 2 December 1947, Page 4
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333Immigrants In Eggs: Massey College Dealings In “Foreign” Chicks Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 3, 2 December 1947, Page 4
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