Show CULLING POULTRY IS QUITE SIMPLE consider four points when picking out loafers there Is no mystery about culling poultry it Is quite simple when done in tile the summer since tile alie changes in the body of the laying lien hen are more pronounced then than ut at other times first says bays IV to F armstrong ut at the north carolini Caroll nj state college consider the condition of the feathers if they tire worn vorn ragged and dirty it Is s because the lien hen I 1 IB 8 a worker not a drone and the working vork 1 n g hen Is tile the heavy layer tho the feathers of tile the poor layer will be in good condition in fit late summer they will be clean and well kept because she la is a society chicken a I 1 spends lots of time little on her appen appearance rance tile alio poor infers usually get a new coat early in the summer slimmer while the heavy layers way may not moult until august september october november or even later next points out mr air armstrong tho the heavy layer does not usually get enough yellow corn or green feed to keep the yellow color stored up in her body white while laying so her skin shin and shanks bleach out and become white this yellow pigment la Is taken from the body and put into the yolk of the egg to color bojor it the poor layer does nut not call so heavily on this reserve supply and therefore maintains her natural yellow skin and shanks tile the poor layer Is fat and the good layer ts Is usually rather thin the latter does not have ume time to store up a supply of surplus fat the fourth point Is tile the body measurements ure ments when laying tile the hens body expands because more room Is needed to consume more feed and manufacture eggs the poor layer will roost most likely be out of lay in late summer and wilt will have smaller measurements than the one which is pr producing me ilet jure I 1 by the width of the hand and the fingers from the rear end of the breast bone to the pubic bones and then between the arch of tile the pubic bones says mr air armstrong the best layers have the greater distance between these bones |