ANSWER TO CORRESPONDENT
C. M. Banbury, Pukekohe T am afraid I cannot help you much. As far as I can judge your running: of the machine was perfectly correct, but you must remember that there are specific factors which will cause the death of the embryo, apart from environmental conditions. As I understand, a very high percentage of the embryos died at hatching, and as you iost such a high percentage of chicks during the first three weeks, it would appear possible that the embryo was infected before hatching. (2) Your mash contains too much fibrous matter, and that would appear to be causing digestive trouble. The oat food is a very poor sample. It would pay you to replace it with ground oats, and I would reduce the bran by one part.. S.W., Otahuhu.—From your description I would think the bird is suffering from bronchial trouble after roup, and T would not care to keep him. The black feather is not a sign of impurity, and it is not uncommon for White Wyandottes to carry them. (2) I would not care to breed from White Leghorns under '4307. in weight. These very small birds have no stamina. Presumably, this is a precocious pullet. It is from this sort of bird that we breed the rickety specimens which are so predisposed to disease.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1052, 16 August 1930, Page 30
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