Show SEPARATE SEXES WHILE WI YET YOUNG i When th cockerels In a poultry flock reach a live weight of from flOm one and one fourth to two pounds each they should be separated from the pul- pul lete lefe and put on a different range runge or or in another Inclosure This will aid In Inthe Inthe the growth of both the pullets and cockerels according to the poultry men at the New York State College of AgrIculture at Ithaca They explain that the pullets will be less crowded cro d dand and will thus have n better chance to eat and grow The cockerels fight less and grow taster faster when they too have less competition cone com petition In their range area and roosting roostIng roost roost- Ing quarter They should have a shelter house preferably among trees I to Insure shade and open nil air roostIng roasting places To 10 raIse vigorous males for breeding purposes the cockerels should be grouped together by size and vigor all should have large range areas with teed feed hoppers and water troughs In at least three separate of the range so that there will be less chance for intimidation and con consequent luent undernourishment undernourishment under under- nourishment for the smaller bIrds In choosing cockerels for breeding or for market begin the selective process as soon as the birds s begin tu to marked sexual characteristics The time may vary ary according to breed and feed hut but for leghorns they may be selected first at from six to eight weeks of age and from ten to twelve weeks In the heavier varieties The earlier the market marlet cockerels can be separated from the rest for crate fattening fat fat- the better because the price b by weIght for broilers decreases with the sem season n faster than the birds can put on weIght |