Show weight important point in breeding of chicks an advantage not often mentioned that early hatched chicks have over late ones of the american and english breeds la Is the greater weight this to Is no little consideration when the hens are sold after a years lay with a cut of et 25 to 40 per cent in price for hens under four and one halt half pounds the massachusetts experiment station has complied compiled records covering six years work with rhode island reds each year the flock was made up of two hatches eight weeks apart one in march and one in may the chicks were out of f the same matl fed and cared for alike na as nearly as possible at twenty one weeks of age the average weight of the march pullets was exactly five pounds the best year they weighed pounds and the poorest year pounds the may pullets averaged pounds for the six years pounds being the best and pounds the poorest the comparative weights remain about the same throughout life wallaces farmer |