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Definition of Broodiness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Broodiness
Literary usage of Broodiness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Introduction to Agriculture by Arthur Aquila Upham, Gustavus Adolphus Schmidt (1919)
"Experiments have shown that laying hens, confined in broody coops the first day
they show symptoms of broodiness will start to lay again in ten days, ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"broodiness, s. the condition of a hen when she wants to sit. Various methods are
practised in Cheshire to make a hen's broodiness " go off" (cease) when it ..."
3. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1917)
"For the modern breeder, supplied with artificial incubators, broodiness in hens
means considerable loss, and it is therefore desirable to eliminate ..."
4. A Glossary of Words Used in the County of Chester by Robert Holland (1886)
"broodiness, s. the condition of a hen when she wants to sit Various methods are
practised in Cheshire to make a hen's broodiness "go off" (cease) when it is ..."
5. Report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University by Cornell University, New York State College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station (1913)
"broodiness and mortality There seemed to be a uniformity in broodiness among ...
The greatest broodiness occurred in the strong Barred Plymouth Rock pen 21, ..."
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