Show T y 21 UL a NOT HARD MATTER TO PREVENT MOLT careful feeding and use of lights important by F R or 1 I B Z now hew york state staf colare of agriculture service the molt Is an old custom among hens cena and Is adhered to by every avion avian female but the bolting molting season Is costly to the unless he can frustrate the hens or pullets idea of stopping laying while the old plumage Is shed and a new glossy coat Is grown in the fall it if a pullet lays two or three months prior to the usual molting bolting season she is likely to follow the example of the older hens bens and molt too and lay no eggs for the five or six weeks molting bolting period if the pullet starts to lay just beacie before or during the normal molting bolting s season son she will continue to lay many poultry men hatch their chicks late in ID the season to avoid the molt but under those circumstances the late hatched pullets do not begin to lay full sized eggs until egg prices start to fall the early hatched pullets are the ones that lay full sized eggs when eggs are high priced and make money for the if they do not molt get the pullets to eat all the feed they can for they will not get too fat be sure they have all the dry mash they want at all times and as soon as 19 the pullets begin to lay wet mash ca can n be fed in addition once a day it if possible mix the wet mash with milk for milk helps keep the flock healthy log lights s ma may y b be e u used s ed t to 0 g give 1 ve n about b 0 ut IS 13 h hours a of f d daylight y lt gh t sta starting r ti n g ab about 0 u t tw two weeks after the pullets are put pat into laying houses plenty of green food especially cabbage helps to keep the tha flock in good condition and to prevent the molt |