Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 63, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 November 1911 — The Egg Shape. [ARTICLE]

The Egg Shape.

It is generally conceded that there is a certain shape which a fowl must have in order to produce the greatest number of eggs. An oblong body, an equal breast and posterior part divided at the shanks, is the rule. The white Plymouth Rock seems to possess this shape more than any one other breed? There should be depth, too. so there is room for the digestive organs to do lots of work. Study your pullets and hens; select the “egg shape” much as you would the “milk shape” if purchasing a milch cow. Dispose of those not somewhere near the egg shape and give better care to those left