Show to increase egg output eliminate broody fowls not enough attention to the broody hen pr problem Is riven by the average this meglert Is one of the reasons for low pro luction of ekas by some flocks during the spring points out J 0 taylor associate extension specialist in poultry husbandry at the new jersey agricultural experiment station the practice generally followed by successful poultry men Is to confine all broody hens hena to crates or pens E each bird Is handed with a n celluloid leg leff band a different color being used for each month hy by log leg banding the broody hens it Is possible to identify them later in the year and eliminate them from the breeding pen after a bird has two or three bands she ehe Is sent to market the broody hens are collected about twice it a week to be confined to the pens while thus confined they are given water mash and green feed tills this feeding plan puts them in condition so they will resume production as soon boon ns as they are over their desire to set |