Show grab ap PLAN TO PICK OUT GOOD LAYING HENS RENS if you were going bird hunting you take a hound starting Start lna ft a dairy you t buy beet beef cattle or it if you wanted to go into horse racing C it would not be de desirable to get a shetland pony yet many people seem to think that fx chick la Is n R cl chicken ilcken re gard less of its individual qualities and purposes while some varieties of chickens are better layers than others yet individual selection will greatly increase the laying qualities of any variety 11 13 lansden of the Flor florida lda agricultural college says when a bird has laid through one season neason you can judge some of tier her performance qualities by color of her legs and condition of beak and plumage tho the explanation i continues select a lien hen that has a largo large space for manufacturing and carrying eggs and you get one that will produce moro more eggs than another with less carrying space even though of the same variety it Is no trouble to detect winch which haa fins the greater ability to perform by examining the body out outlines linese the body should be wide and deep find and w well e ll 11 proportioned jie ho back broad n and n d rather flat the breast bone rather short rocker shaped and sharp not round and plump as in a quail the comb and wattle indicate the condition of tho the reproductive organs A hert hen with a healthy well developed reproductive organ has a largo large full comb and wattle with full circulation indicated by warmth and softness ot of texture tho the lien with a small email crowded or diseased organ has haa a small shriveled scaly cold and coarse comb and wattle the distance between pelvic bones and the pliability of the skin and abdomen indicate the present performing condition of the hen and not her ability to lay |