Show I CARE OF PULLETS INFLUENCES EGGS r Fowls Should h uld Be Developed Gradually to Save Vigor Their care and rind mann management ement largely determines the egg production to be bc expected from pullets through the winter winter winter win win- ter months To force the growth of pullets by bythe bythe the thc continuous use of or a n heavy protein diet Is poor sn says s 's 0 O. C. C Ufford extension poultry specialist of oC the Colorado Col Col- Colorado orado Agricultural college They should develop gradually so as to have body vigor for the long and continuous ous period of heavy egg production The normal growing period for breeds of at the Leghorn type Is from five e to six months when properly managed managed man man- aged and find fed ted Ufford points out nut Plymouth Plymouth Ply Ply- mouth Hocks Rocks and Rhode Island Reds require from one to normal two months longer for their thelt growth A good plan of ot management Is to hatch early und and start feeding a growIng growing grow grow- ing lag mash when the chicks are three or four weeks old and continue It until they are are three or four months old When th then the pullets pullet's comb begins to turn a bright red Is good Indication to cut cat down on animal food After Atter this a slower growth of ot the egg gg or ur organs gans gaps is desired It can be secured by elimination of or the milk and the meat meal in the mash For one to two months prior to the thc time it is s desired ed to bring the pullets Into production Ufford recommends a n ration as follows Corn meal 35 pounds ground wheat CO GO pounds ground barley or 01 oats 10 pounds and bone meal 5 pounds With such a n ration they will put on body weight and fat They will go Into winter egg production with greater vigor and vitality vitality vi vi- as a result |