Show RAISING HEALTHY CHICKENS lack of vigor in newly hatched chick chicks often tractable Trac tabi to weak parent parents give det best care car Prepa td by the united state states depart boint of agriculture Aerl culture to be successful ful in raising chicken chickens it t Is necessary sary to have healthy and vigorous breeding stock for tho the lack of rigor vigor lo 10 the newly hat matthed ailed chick chicks Is often traceable to weak meak parent parents only the most vigorous and the best brown grown birds should be put in the tile breeding yards each bird should bo be full fult of or life end and energy anu and free from front ally po sp rlou deformity yearling hina tire re dually better thim hulleta for breed ers rf for the reason that tho tile hens are I 1 more mature and do not lay so 0 o many eggs luring during the early winter and con ly do not reduce their vitality so much before the breeding season vigorous hens two to four yeara yean old pla can ran often be fie advantageously retained in the breeding yard the male biri chosen should be oung and actively an early hashed well developed cock erel eret Is usually satisfactory oatle factory or a good vigorous 1 or two year old cock may be cholte n the hena liens used fo for r breeding pi ares houlia be giten given the best care possible they should be provided with large run runs and should not bo be forced for heavy tac gg production during tag th early winter |