Show Advised To Retain All fill Pullets Culling Hens Is Means Of Increasing Returns To assure top poultry profits d during during dur dur- rIng r- r ing the winter season keep an all- all pullet flock Pullets lay In the falland fall falland falland and winter when egg prices are high At the same time old hens are going through their fall tall molt and consuming 25 to 30 pounds of feed while producing no eggs In the spring when old hens r re resume sume rome laying egg prices are down thus necessitating a very heavy layer to pay the feed bill which was amassed during the winter months Old hens may be besold besold besold sold at once or they may be culled individually indi as tHey go out of ot production A weekly check of l w the old hen flock will enable the to cull out the loafers If an old hen flock is maintained i over the winter months separate I housing for pullets and old hens I should be provided for tor best management management man man- manI I and disease control I As another step in culling the poultry flock old roosters also should be eliminated They serve no useful purpose and eat lots of I feed Some pullets also may have to be culled if it the flock is to be maintained maintained main main- tamed at the desired size for profitable profitable profit profit- a able ble opera operation tion throughout the winter win win- ter In this case only the best potential potential potential po po- po- po layers should be retained A good ready lay pullet Is one that thatis is smoothly feathered plump in inbody inbody in inbody body and carries richly pigmented shanks Pullets so developed can be brought into 50 per cent egg production production production tion without crowding by the time they are six months old Pullets however never should be forced into high production during their first two months of ot laying |