• DOI:10.2307/3797414
Corpus ID: 87868382

A Simple Field Candler for Waterfowl Eggs

@article{Weller1956ASF,
  title={A Simple Field Candler for Waterfowl Eggs},
  author={M. W. Weller},
  journal={Journal of Wildlife Management},
  year={1956},
  volume={20},
  pages={111}
}

M. W. Weller

Published 1956

Biology

Journal of Wildlife Management

In nesting studies of waterfowl and other game birds it is often desirable to determine the stages of incubation of clutches of eggs. This information makes it possible to determine when incubation began and to calculate the date of hatching. In some studies, the stage of incubation has been determined by breaking an egg of each clutch. This is an unnecessary waste, and for species which lay parasitically in other birds' nests, such as the redhead and ruddy duck, the breaking of one egg has… CONTINUE READING

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