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Mayhew
1952
Experimental
April 25
Mallard
E32
and then replaced in their respective
boxes (3) those that will be dipped in
the same manner, but dipped once a
day until they are due to hatch. The
eggs were divided as follows:
Rel. Hum. Dip every day Dip once no dipping
G T G T G T
40% 4 3 4 2 3 3
65% 5 4 6 3 3 3
75% 3 3 4 2 3 3
85% 6 3 6 3 3 3
90% 5 - 4 3 3 -
O on egg = egg dipped once
X on egg = " " every day
all 9 Farmer eggs at 75% were dipped
once (those set Mar. 29th).
April 27 at 10:00 3 duckos had hatched at
75%, 1 [illegible] Farmer egg + 2 Thomas eggs.
all these eggs had been dipped once.
at 19:00 I found 1 duck (Thomas egg)
had hatched at 65%. This egg had not
been dipped at all.
April 29 Today 3 Farmer eggs that were set
April 8 hatched. Apparently incubation
had begun before the eggs were brought
in to the incubator. None of these
eggs had been dipped at all. One
hatched at 65%, two at 75%.
May 3 Today all of Siberia's remaining eggs