Show CULLING POULTRY IS QUITE SIMPLE consider four points when picking out loafers there Is no mystery about calling poultry it Is quite simple when alien done in the summer since the changes chances in the body of the laying hen are more pronounced then than at other times first says W F armstrong poul tryman at the north carolina state co collage liege consider the condition of tile the fen feathers it if they are worn ragged and dirty it Is because the hen Is a w worker 0 aker not a drone and the working lien hen Is the heavy layer laser the feathers 0 of f tile the poor layer will be in good condition in late summer they will be clean and well kept because she Is a r society chicken a I 1 spends lots of time on her appearance the poor poo r lil eis usually get a new coat early in the summer while the heavy layers may not moult until august depte september rn october november or even een later inter next points out mr air armstrong the hoay heavy layer does not usually get enough yellow torn corn or green feed to keep the yellow color stored up in her body chile laying so her skin and 8 shanks hanks blench bleach out and become white this yellow pigment Is taken from the body and put into the yolk of the egg to color it the poor layer does nut not ca call 11 so heavily on this reserve supply and therefore maintains her natural yellow cllon skin and shanks the poor layer laier Is tat fat and the good alner Is usually rather thin the latter does docs not have time to store up a supply of surplus fat the fourth point Is the body measurements ure ments when laying the liens hens body expands because more room Is needed to consume more feed and manufacture eggs the poor layer laer will most likely be out of lay jay tn in late summer and will have smaller measurements than the onel ilch Is pr educIng tie me jure jare jure jare by the width of the hand and the fingers from the rear end of the branst bone to tile the pubic bones and then between the arch of the pubic bones says BBS mr air armstrong the best layers have hae the greater distance between these bones |