Show REMOVE ROOSTERS FROM HEN FLOCK poor eggs result from laziness and neglect with the co coming min g of warmer weather there will be the usual rapid increase in the flow of poor quality eggs on oil the markets unless flocia owners adopt control measures As AB first produced eggs are about as nearly a perfect fond fonal pr product as one can find 11 says C F par rash extension poultry specialist at the north carolina state college it if the hen Is properly fed tile nest clean and the eggs gathered ettli ered twice rich day in hot weather and stored in a cool clean place until delivery to the consumer the market will pay the top price gladly but on the other hand it if roosters are allowed to run with tile the flock after the hatching season Is over if the aba hens are not well fed if t the he nests are dirty and the eggs gathered occasionally and kept in a poorly ventilated ti warm room the consumer feels eels like ordering a gas mask masic along with W ith his eggs mr air parrish insists that bad eggs are not accidents they result from laziness neglect and poor management it Is just as easy he says bays to produce high quality infertile eggs ns it Is 19 to offend tile the customers with stale fertile low quality crea farmers e rs of the state lose about each season because of bad methods in producing and handling this product at least one third of th this Is Is due to the partial hatching of fertile eggs which have become warm enough to incubate hot days have the same effect on oil fertile eggs as the hen or incubator coli bator and the first step Is to remove the male bird from the flock as soon as hatching Is over he has nothing to do with egg production five good rules to observe are given by mr air parrish as follows krep keep nest clean and provide one nest for every four hens gather eggs twice each day market the ego twice each week store them in a cool dry place such ns as the cellar and pen or dispose of all roosters after the breeding season to follow these five suggestions Is to improve tile the quality of the product |