Show Is U L I 1 CULLING METHODS QUITE IMPORTANT much money lost E each year by unskilled manner all the good methods in building a profitable poultry pock cock may bo be followed but if culling Is not practiced the results are disappointing culling la Is one of the most die discussed phases of poultry work says 0 F parrish poultry extension specialist at the north carolina state college there la Is a great deal of 01 money lost ench year on unskilled and ill timed culling cull hig alost poultry poul tiry men fire elastic clastic in their culling practices leaving weaklings wea klings short and round backed birds deformed or undersized der sized chicks with the liepe that these may inay develop into profitable birds this isban la bad such birds are arc always costly culling must start with the baby chicks ant and space may be saved and disease eliminated if ai the baby chicks ore are rigidly culled this culling needs to be followed on through the growing stage and when the pullets are transferred to the laying house iri in the nil fall the good will pull out the weak lings that may have been overlooked earlier if egg production drops suddenly it may be a case of poor feed or disease but when birds have gone eight months and have not laid it means that they tire from low pro stock and should be disposed of the laying flock should be culled ht at least leas once each month says mr parrish then when egg prices drop in the spring another rigid culling should take aln place e with only the best liens hens in the flock kept in the laying house the virtue of this plan Is that the hens aret anre marketed as they become culls and no birdsale birds bird sare are kept that are not paying their way in egg V pro ro duct lon la in such cases also the hens hena are not all clumped on the market when prices may be low to cull property properly mr air parrish r suggests ug giving attention to tin tha comb health eyes molt pelvic bones flexibility of the abdomen shank nud and beak vent color and |