"Taken for granted that all has gone Well with the
eggs, there should be signs of ' chipping ' on the twentieth
day, as I mentioned in the case of hen-hatched eggs. All
that are starred (which will be observed when you have
the eggs out for their airing) should be returned to the
drawer with the chip upwards. The star should be at the
large end ; chicks which- chip the shell at the small end
generally require toi be helped out of their ' prison. ' About
twelve hours after the eggs are observed to be Chipped the



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drawer may be opened, when it will be found that some
of the chicks have left their shells. The drawer must be
opened only a little way at a time, and the chickens, as
they come to the front, must be taken out and transferred
to the drying'-box. This needs tO' be done with great care
and as speedily as possible ; and the empty shells must be
taken out at the same time. The drawer at last should be
pulled right out, because lit sometimes happens that a
chicken or two wij(l run backwards to the heat and fall
over the edge of the drawer into the space below. When
all the chicks are removed the unhatched eggs should be
put iin the middle of the egg-tray and the drawer replaced
at once.
