Abstract
Schlamb and Bryant (1950) reported a marked improvement to dressed grade of Beltsville Small White turkey breeder hens treated with diethylstilbestrol four weeks prior to marketing in May. They reported that the estrogen implant had no effect on egg production, fertility, or hatchability. It was reported by Phillips (1951) that estrogen treatment at four-week intervals throughout the breeding season resulted in a statistically significant lowering of egg production of Beltsville Small White hens. To determine some of the effects on Broad Breasted Bronze hens, the following experiment was conducted.Four pens of 15 W.S.C. strain Broad Breasted Bronze turkey hens each were used. The experiment was conducted during June and July 1951—at the end of the normal breeding season. During the breeding season pens 1 and 3 had been fed a ration containing 20 percent alfalfa. Pens 2 and 4 had been fed a ration containing 40 percent alfalfa. .
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