Show I 1 ill 0 ENCOURAGE PULLETS TO LAY avoid any interruption of regular habits or radical change in fowl fowle diet prepared by th the united state states depart ment of agriculture tho the ir growing rowing pullet la Is a creature of habit thoroughly addicted to regular ity and opposed to disturb ance once and unusual commotion it Is 1 essential for the good of the flock in its entirety that the pullets should grow and improve like clock clockwork nork aloni the time of hatching to maturity laying Is often retarded by see algy trivial disturbances such au the fowl from place to place and changing the makeup of the ration in order to insure early egg eggs seo see to it that the growth of the pullets Is not retarded in any manner Nhat whatever ever almost without exco eption the pullet whose growth from hatching to maturity has tins been regular not subject n checks and interruption Is nn fin arly layer in support of the statement that checked growth results in retarded laying comes the fact that may hatched pullets often lay earlier than others which were nere hatched lint h d la a april but retarded in the early stages f their growth by unfavorable weather retardation by weather however Is only one of many factors which may stunt the nor ral 1 growth of a pullet anti defer her in to the laying class As a rule egg production begins at or before the cessation of the pullets physical growth and development of the reproductive organs generally influences which hinder growth also operate to delff delt egg production for several months any disturbance at af the habits quarters or comfort of the pullet at any stage of her life may retard laying shifting the birds from place to place end and abrupt changes in the diet often disturb the fowl enough to retard laying in fact poultry fancier fanciers who mho desire to keel keep pullets in condition for exhibition often use this means of keeping them f from rom laying on the average pullets about to begin laying are more sen itlie to disturbances than then at any otha 4 1 44 flock of well developed pullets ready to begin laying er stage of their growth and therefore require greater care la in handling but disturbances disturbance a retarding the growth even of email small chicks are likely to postpone the beginning ot of egg production it Is imperative that every poultry keeper exercise the maximum of can tion from the time the chicks are hatched until the pullets attain maturity eo so that the font foil will make regular growth and not bp be subjected to any ny factors which will stunt or divert the proper development of the birds the alphabet of proper management of the pullet emphasizes such factors as correct nourishment courish ment constitution exercise and cleanliness given the proper care and surroundings the early hatched chick will develop into a profitable early and persistent producer of egge egga thie this la Is the goat goal toward which every should work YOUNG CHICKS N NEED EED WARMTH when brooded by hn hens they remain under mother mothers nearly all the time for three day days Prep prepared sred by the unit 1 states depart ident of agriculture Aart culture the first requirement of young chicks Is warmth a temperature comfortable for table for them chicks hatch batch in a temperature of degrees to degrees F when brooded by hens they remain tinder the mothers nearly all the time for two or three days chicks hipped shipped in mall small bores boxes are kept warm by the beat of their bodies so long as an tb the it boxes aro not exposed to near firt leing 1 temperatures bat but this natural tural but la Is not when they are aften more liberty |