Manti Messenger | 1930-07-18 | Page 6 | Desirable Weights for Many Chicken Breeds

r Desirable Wei Weights for forr Many Chicken Breeds j J Leghorn cockerels should weigh v one pound at six to seven weeks one and andu lva u half hul pounds at nine weeks and close close to to two pounds at nt twelve weeks Pullets Pullets Pul- Pul lets should weigh two pounds at fifteen fifteen teen weeks and three and und third one pounds at twenty-four twenty weeks Heavy breeds such as us Rocks Rhode I Islands and should weigh one pound each at seven weeks a u. pound and und a half at nine I weeks and over two pounds at twelve weeks Pullets should average two and anda a half pounds at fifteen weeks and andover andover I over four pounds at four twenty weeks i These figures g were obtained after many experiments at the New ew Jersey I state college of agriculture I