Show POULTRY LIGHT HINTS OFFERED i I Poultry News J By Dy BYRON ALDER I Poultry husbandman Utah StatI State Stat 1 I Agricultural college When lights are started In a flock of pullets or hens bens In the early fall tall It tt is not necessary to gradually Increase increase In in- in-I in crease the lighting period The lights may ba bo turned on the first I morning at 4 a. a m. m or even even as late as 6 a. a m. m according to the judgment of ot the operator i Effect of lights on birds later Inter Inthe in inthe inthe the season eason or during the winter months however is b rather severe levere I and the change must be made grad- grad 1 j The lights act as a body and production stimulant and anything affecting nature In such a manner must be be handled with care to tol avoid avold disorder of stock It can also be seen that the addIng add add- Ing to management practices or feeding schedules that will will increase increaseS S tY Y consumption need not be taken over V 1 the of length time necessary when ri v the tho opposite practice Is I undertaken rf In other words adding to the dally f feed teed or changing the practice so 10 asto as asp asto p to make it possible for tor the birds to tor r eat more may be done at any time whereas subtracting wet mash or such feeds from the dally daily ration or suddenly turning off oft lights after they have been used for a certain period will cause a production lump slump The age at which pullets should begin laying depends considerably upon the way they have been fed And end handled during the growing pe pe- Operators should hould not become 1 I Alarmed when even lights and improved im im- proved rations do not have an on immediate immediate im mediate apparent effect on tion Leghorns that have had plenty of of room good rations and management management management manage manage- ment should however come into production when they are about days old Pullets that are to be used for breeding purposes should be eliminated if they do not come into production after alter a reasonable time tune As A. a general rule laying flocks give better results in egg production If Jt they are art kept confined to the laying lay lay- ing ins house providing housing conditions condi- condi conditIons are sanitary well ventilated and allow plenty of room for tor each bird Allowing the birds to range usually means waste of time and energy and frequently lowers the dally feed consumption which is the direct cause causo of a lower egg tion Blowouts or of the oviduct oviduct ovi ovi- duct is a rather uncommon thing Ina in ina a flock of birds and it Is usually due to faulty feeding conditions or to a amore more snore more or less constipated condition of the birds This condition howl however how how- l I ever is caused more often when the laying pens are overcrowded |