Show dosing with drugs will not benefit laying hens dosing the flocks with drugs will not result in more eggs that Is the conclusion of the poultry department of michigan agricultural college egg production Is a matter of inherited characteristics and of proper feeding mongrel SIon grel birds are very apt to be unprofitable and hens which are com paled to forage for their living hare bare little time to fill 1111 the egg basket drugs do not change the factors inherited by hens nor do they supply needed food elements so the possibility of no strums affecting egg production are very remote dr IT B SI oskey united states department of agriculture says positively that no known drug or combination of drugs will increase egg production rations for laying flocks must supply the food el elements entell needed to maintain the body weight of the hen to supply warmth and energy and to supply the material contained in the eggs themselves good grains green feeds milk shell and grit furnish all the materials needed by the laying hen diseased hens should be treated for the malady with which they are affected and in case of contagious disorders proper sanitary measures should be practiced in the houses and runs where chickens are confined indiana farmers guide |