The method of controlling the sex of

Claim 1

THE STEPS IN A METHOD OF HATCHING AVIAN EGGS WHICH COMPRISE PLACING FERTILE EGGS IN THE REMOVABLE OPENWORK TRAY OF AN INCUBATOR WHICH IS PROVIDED WITH HEATING MEANS TO MAINTAIN INCUBATING TEMPERATURE AND WITH MEANS FOR SUPPLYING THE INCUBATOR ATMOSPHERE WITH MOISTURE IN SUITABLE HUMIDIFYING FORM; EFFECTING DISTRIBUTION SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORMLY THROUGHOUT THE THIN INTERIORLYCONTAINED EGG MEMBRANE AND SHELL MEMBRANE OF EACH EGG CARRIED BY THE TRAY, FOR ATTENUATED STORAGE THEREIN IN PERIPHERALLY ENVELOPING RELATION TO THE ALBUMEN AND IN REMOTE RELATION TO THE ALBUMEN-ENVELOPED OTHER CONTENT OF THE EGG, OF A LIQUID-CARRIED SEX-HORMONE SUBSTANCE SELECTED FROM ONE OF THE SUB-CLASSES, NAMELY, (A) ESTROGENS AND (B) ANDROGENS, OF TH E CLASS OF SEX HORMONES AND A LIQUID-CARRIED SUBSTANCE THAT BIOLOGICALLY IMPROVES EMBRYOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT AND HATCHABILITY AND A LIQUID-CARRIED BACTERICIDE, BY WETTING EXTERIORLY THE SHELLS OF THE TRAY-CARRIED EGGS WITH THE LIQUID-CARRIED SUBSTANCES AND THEIR LIQUID CARRIERS; SUBJECTING THE EGGS TO INCUBATING CONDITIONS PROVIDED BY SAID HEATING MEANS AND MOISTURE-BEARING ATMOSPHERE FOR DEVELOPING THE PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES OF THE EMBROYOS OF EMBRYONATING EGGS IN THE TRAY TO EGGECT TRANSMISSIONIN EACH, FROM THE PERIPHERAL ATTENUATED STORAGE THEREOF IN SAID MEMBRANES, OF THE SEX-HORMONE SUBSTANCE TO THE EMBRYONIC SEX-DIFFERENTIATING GONADS TO INFLUENCE THE LATTER, AND OF SAID SECOND-MENTIONED SUBSTANCE TO THE EMBRYO FOR ASSIMILATION, AND OF SAID BACTERICIDE TO SEATS OF INFECTION; AND , UPON HATCHING, REMOVING THE HATCHED BIRDS.