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Show RIGHT CARE OF COCKERELS Young Fowls Need Plenty of Proper Kind of Food and Shelter to Develop De-velop Into Good Birds. , Those who have good cockerels needed for breeding birds in their own flocks will see to it thut they are properly prop-erly cared for. The young cockerels will need plenty of the right kind of feed and the proper shelter and protection pro-tection so they may develop Into good birds. The mistake Is sometimes made of not keeping enough cockerels for the number of hens needed on the farm. V Champion White Plymouth Rock. As a result of this, farm flocks some- I times produce too small a per cent j of fertile eggs. This means consider- j able loss for the infertile, egg unused in lncMtmtlon is almost if not a complete com-plete loss. It Is not easy to tell the kind of birds young cockerels will make, at least while they are quite young. It is necessury generully to keep the birds till their type, plumuge and general Individuality can be ascertained. Tho best Is none too good and no one cun afford to keep poor cockerels. Should none of your flock be sultuble, then dispose dis-pose of all and get good cockerels to breed up your flck. This will be economical eco-nomical In the end. |
