Show U N wingless chickens cause speculation impact on industry studied by growers Poultry men a and n d consumers I 1 throughout tho the united states are still speculating on the degree impact on the poultry industry of the development of wingless chickens peter baumann des moines iowa a veterinary supply salesman has raised a flock of such chickens and has proclaimed loud ly that they are the nearest thing alive to tamed famed cartoonist al capps cappa sh moos baumann said he had spent 10 years developing the wingless hock flock and that he expects the breed to set a new trend in chicken raising he pointed out that the wingless chicken has a thick layer oi of white meat where ordinary chickens have wings baumann said he had kept his al i 4 nu X 0 for those who dislike chicken wings reter peter 11 baumann of t des desmornes moines iowa has come coro eup up with wingless chickens lie ile is shown here comparini comparing the wing less chicken right with an ordinary I 1 chicken cef lc I 1 v chicken breed a secret because he wanted to bo be sure suie it was i a success I 1 he studied animal 1 husbandry andry at iowa state college and asserts his wingless chickens are not a freak A freak does riot not reproduce hs he argued ancestors of this new breed of chicken baumann said came from texas he was traveling through that state in the when he acquired a light brahma rooster and a white minorca hen each bird had only stubs for wings he bred them he said andaas and was astounded when the hen hatched wingless chickens he then began experimenting and breeding baumann reported that at first he got only three or four wingless bards out of egg sNow he said about 85 95 of every chicks have no wings at all some of the others ahe he said have stubs or a stub on one bone side and a wing anthe on the other narrow poultry houses give way to new style D D moyer extension poultry specialist at ohio state university says the narrow type poultry house 15 to 20 feet deep Is 13 giving away to houses 30 to 40 feet in depth built long enough to house and more birds moyer cites a number of advantages in the new style housing wall space is put cut down heit heat loss reduced cleaning is easier and it li Is tess less trouble to move equipment |