Research hris identified a broad relationshp between egg size and subsequent embryo and chick
size (Wiley, 1950; Al Murmi, 1978; Jones. 198 1). The correlation between egg weight and hatching
weight ranges from 0.50 and 0.95. (Upp, 1928; Penquite and Milby, 1941; Wiley, 1950; Godfrey et al.