Show GOOD IDEA TO CUT OUT POORER HENS why keep non producers in the flock it Is economical management to go over the hock frequently for the purpose of removing the hens which show signs of having ceased production db feed consumed might be put to i more profitable use if fed to the stock in order that the birds going on the market may be well finished and the pullets properly developed and in the best of shape to produce heavily during the winter months when new laid eggs command a profitable price when culling each hen must be examined carefully the head furnishes valuable indications in picking the high layers the long crow headed individual or the bird with the flesh of the face in wrinkles and the eyebrows overhanging Is seldom a good producer the high producer has a comb which Is bright red with a soft waxy texture as opposed to a dull dried and withered appearance the fice Is clean cut rather than beefy the eye Is bright and prominent rather than dull and small the abdomen of the producer Is soft and pliable the keel Is forced down away from the pelvic arch and the pelvic bones sometimes called the lay bones are thin and wide apart A shrunken abdomen with pelvic bones covered with fat indicates slow production or none at all A laying fowl uses up the surplus fat in the body and in the case of the birds of the yellow skinned varieties the rate at which the fat Is used can be determined by the fading of the yellow pigment from the vent eye ring ear lobes beak and shanks in the order named at this season these parts on the heavy producer are usual ly bleached white when a bird ceases production the yellow pigment returns rapidly in the same order ag it left the best biyers generally molt in oc tober or november when they shed their feathers much more rapidly and grow them in more quickly than the early what early hatching means early hatching means chicks less troubled by lice and disease early hatching means a longer growing season parly hatching means better grown chicks farly hatching means higher prices for the surplus marketed as broilers farly hatching means well matured pullets which begin to lay in the fall early hatching means eggs from the pullets while the hens are bolting molting early hitching means eggs in the fall and winter when prices are high est early hatching means early matur ing pullets that become broody earlier the following spring early hatching means greater profit preservation of eggs put down some aggs in water glass to be used when egg prices are high only about two thirds as many baby chicks were raised as last sear the procedure in putting down eggs Is simple first candle all eggs and remove all spots and crabl s then place them in a crock next make up a solution consisting of one part of corn mercial water gliss and nine parts of cooled boiled pour hits alon over the egg so that there la about two or three inches of solution over the top liver of becs place crock in a cool place to help baby chicks one of the ten commandments of chick raising Is to alpan and als i infect the brooder house before amov ing it to clean ground first clean with hoe shovel and broom second wash with boiling lye water third with or other strong disinfectants disinfect ants to prevent mite out breaks bourth move the house to clean ground and brood the chicks on alfalfa or sweet clover picture if possible how he gets winter eggs the best way to get a high prodoc ang flock of hens s to use as breed ars only hens that show n foi continued production H T tarl ton nils county texas bivs lor several years mr tarlton bivs he has used for bleeders breeders bre eders only hens that con in 70 per cent production up to september 1 he has been able to acet from these hens pullets which average 70 per cent production in the winter months when prices are highest bapper s farmer intensive chicken raising A great flock of chickens mav he raised on a very small piece of mcbound by keeping the birds confined in coops this plan has been successfully fol lowed bv several chicken misers the barda arp transferred from one coop to another ns chev grow and demand more room hut there Is no chance for them to waste energy in exercise chev mature more and are ready for the market weeks in advance nf harda that arc alia veil to run washington star |